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Politics of computer-aided planning

By: Language: English Series: Town Planning Review ; 58(4) October 1987, 441-451(11)Publication details: 1987Subject(s): Summary: Recent advances in microcomputer technology have revived dreams that computers will revolutionise planning practice. Drawing on experience of previous attempts to incorporate computers in planning , this paper suggests that planners must recognise that computer models, analyses and information are inherently political and develop explicitly political processes of adversary modelling. It then suggests four guidelines which should guide current efforts to introduce computer technology into planning. (Journal abstract)

Recent advances in microcomputer technology have revived dreams that computers will revolutionise planning practice. Drawing on experience of previous attempts to incorporate computers in planning , this paper suggests that planners must recognise that computer models, analyses and information are inherently political and develop explicitly political processes of adversary modelling. It then suggests four guidelines which should guide current efforts to introduce computer technology into planning. (Journal abstract)