The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods is an expansive look at the traditions, methods, and challenges of research design and research projects in contemporary urban planning. Through case studies, an international group of researchers, planning practitioners, and planning academics and educators, all recognized authorities in the field, provide accounts of designing and implementing research projects from different approaches and venues. This book shows how to apply quantitative and qualitative methods to projects, and how to take your research from the classroom to the real world. The book is structured into sections focusing on Beginning planning research Research design and development Rediscovering qualitative methods New advances in quantitative methods Turning research into action With chapters written by leading scholars in spatial planning, The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods is the most authoritative and comprehensive handbook on the topic, providing both established and ground breaking coverage of spatial planning research methods.The book is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate level students, young professionals and practitioners in urban, regional, and spatial planning.
List of figures xi
List of tables xiv
List of contributors xvi
Introduction: the craft of 'doing research' in xxiv
spatial and regional planning
Elisabete A. Silva
Patsy Healey
Neil Harris
Pieter Van den Broeck
Part 1 Personal reflections on research careers 1 (54)
1.1 Introduction 3 (2)
Patsy Healey
1.2 Learning the craft of research: a 5 (7)
continuing process
Patsy Healey
1.3 Shifting between academia and practice: 12 (6)
reflections on doing planning research in a
university environment
Neil Harris
1.4 Research methodology and my life: some 18 (6)
personal reflections
Mee Kam Ng
1.5 It takes more than just looking to make a 24 (9)
difference: the challenge for planning
research
Heather Campbell
1.6 The life-changing transitions of an 33 (7)
academic research career
Elisabete A. Silva
1.7 Learning the craft of academic writing 40 (15)
John Forester
Part 2 The craft of research 55 (78)
2.1 Introduction 57 (4)
Patsy Healey
2.2 Research design 61 (13)
Jacques du Toit
2.3 Planning research ethics 74 (10)
Huw Thomas
Francesco Lo Piccolo
2.4 What can we learn from France? Some 84 (13)
reflections on the methodologies of
cross-national research
Philip Booth
2.5 Towards social holism: social innovation, 97 (10)
holistic research methodology and pragmatic
collective action in spatial planning
Frank Moulaert
Abid Mehmood
2.6 Refutation and the knowledge base of 107 (14)
urban planning
Chris Webster
2.7 Inquiry and design for spatial planning: 121 (12)
three approaches to planning research in late
modern cities
Pier Carlo Palermo
Davide Ponzini
Part 3 Working within a qualitative tradition 133 (116)
3.1 Rediscovering qualitative research 135 (5)
Pieter Van den Broeck
3.2 Analysing qualitative data 140 (17)
Robert Mark Silverman
3.3 Researching community engagement in 157 (12)
post-1997 Hong Kong: collaborative or
manipulative practice?
Mee Kam Ng
3.4 Planning for the place: ethnographic 169 (13)
research and planning practice
Sandra Lee Pinel
3.5 Researching professional perspectives in 182 (10)
practice: a pedagogic-ethnographic approach
Maria H虧ansson
3.6 Analysing cartographic representations in 192 (10)
spatial planning
Stefanie D?hr
3.7 Urban morphology and cultural 202 (11)
expressions: qualitative methods to
understand the city's dynamic in a self-built
area in Caracas, Venezuela
Gabriela Quintana Vigiola
3.8 A value-oriented approach to discursive 213 (12)
analysis of urban and regional planning
W.W. Buunk
L.M.C. van der Weide
3.9 Imagination as a method for generating 225 (10)
knowledge about possible urban futures
Diane Davis
Tali Hatuka
3.10 From wicked problems to elusive 235 (14)
planning: exploring Dubai's development
conundrum
Mahyar Arefi
Part 4 Working within a quantitative tradition 249 (150)
4.1 Quantitative methods' expertise - a 251 (4)
diverse landscape in Europe and around the
world
Elisabete A. Silva
4.2 Thinking spatially, thinking statistically 255 (13)
Robert Haining
4.3 Indicators and spatial planning: methods 268 (11)
and applications
Cecilia Wong
4.4 Measuring space: a review of spatial 279 (14)
metrics for urban growth and shrinkage
Jos? P. Reis
Elisabete A. Silva
Paulo Pinho
4.5 Regression analysis in planning research 293 (18)
Helen Bao
4.6 Spatial econometrics in practice 311 (11)
Pedro Pires de Matos
4.7 Planning support systems (PSS) as 322 (13)
research instruments
Stan Geertman
4.8 Geoprocessing and spatial planning: some 335 (13)
concepts and applications
Jorge Xavier da Silva
Tiago Badre Marino
Maria Hilde de Barros Goes
4.9 Spatial simulation and the real world: 348 (16)
digital methods and techniques in the context
of strategic planning
Claudia Yamu
Andreas Voigt
Pierre Frankhauser
4.10 Spatial data infrastructures for spatial 364 (11)
planning research
Max Craglia
4.11 Urban sprawl and region building 375 (24)
Gu Chaolin
Part 5 Methodology in action 399 (120)
5.1 Methodology in action: the relationship 401 (4)
between research and practice
Neil Harris
5.2 Research impact: should the sky be the 405 (9)
limit?
Simin Davoudi
5.3 Enabling transdisciplinary research on 414 (12)
social cohesion in the city: the Social Polis
experience
Davide Cassinari
Frank Moulaert
5.4 Researching for policy relevance: 426 (14)
critical reflections on government-sponsored
research
Deborah Peel
Greg Lloyd
5.5 Using the case study approach to inform 440 (9)
planning practice and research in Africa
James Duminy
5.6 Urban master planning in China: a case 449 (16)
study of policy and practice in Hua County
Guanzeng Zhang
Xitlyan Jiang
5.7 Conceptual and epistemic uncertainty in 465 (14)
planning: research for the renewal of
industrial areas in Sweden
Anders T?rnqvist
5.8 Cost-benefit analysis in participatory 479 (13)
planning: a critical perspective
Tore Sager
5.9 The strategic use of the charrette 492 (10)
process for applied research
Zeenat Kotval-K
John R. Mullin
5.10 Engaging and educating young people in 502 (17)
sustainable development: communicating
research findings and planning practice in an
active learning environment
Angela Million
Patricia Machemer
Zenia Kotval
Index 519
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