000			01311cam a2200217 4500
001			L129396
008			050415n2004 000 0 eng u
020			_a0415315247
035			_a(Sirsi) u129396
041			_aeng
050			_a711.1 _c18
100			_aCarmona, Matthew
245			_aMeasuring quality in planning _bmanaging the performance process
260			_aAbingdon _bSpon Press _c2004
300			_axii, 396p. _c25cm.
350			_a37.50
520			_aSets out to address the complexities of performance or quality measurement in planning and in the public sector at large and to cut through the tangled web of thinking on the subject. Part 1 of the book covers planning for quality examining the research on which the book is based, local government management, the building blocks of performance measurement and the history of planning performance in England. Part 2 focuses on measuring quality, examining a proposed analytical framework, practice in England, the international perspective, innovation and measurement in England and a new model of quality measurement in planning. Appendices cover the quality tools and the policy framework content in the case study authorities. Notes and bibliography.
690			_aPlanning and development _96259
700			_aSieh, Louie
942			_n0
999			_c104173 _d104173