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Planning history: Recent developments in the Nordic countries, with special reference to Sweden
No period or aspect of Nordic planning history has yet been exhaustively explored, although it is possible to discern the main lines of development. The knowledge hitherto gathered about the history of planning, for instance, is concerned less with the ordinary and anonymous, and more with things which have appeared to be of particular interest, often by deviating from the general. A trend in the Nordic countries, as elsewhere, is that the study of planning history is coming to be increasingly regarded as a way of injecting experience into current planning and of critically evaluating its results. The problem concerning the theoretical and methodological status of planning history has been much discussed in recent years. On the one hand it is apparent that certain types of knowledge about human action cannot be produced in the shape of general laws, but require an analysis of specific factors and unique circumstances. On the other it surely ought to be possible to formulate theories and models with a view to identifying and explaining urban and planning processes, particularly since the same things often occur in different countries and cities at much the same time. The nomothetic and ideographic perspectives need not thus exclude one another in planning history; rather, they should interact in a constructive dialogue.
Planning history: Recent developments in the Nordic countries, with special reference to Sweden
No period or aspect of Nordic planning history has yet been exhaustively explored, although it is possible to discern the main lines of development. The knowledge hitherto gathered about the history of planning, for instance, is concerned less with the ordinary and anonymous, and more with things which have appeared to be of particular interest, often by deviating from the general. A trend in the Nordic countries, as elsewhere, is that the study of planning history is coming to be increasingly regarded as a way of injecting experience into current planning and of critically evaluating its results. The problem concerning the theoretical and methodological status of planning history has been much discussed in recent years. On the one hand it is apparent that certain types of knowledge about human action cannot be produced in the shape of general laws, but require an analysis of specific factors and unique circumstances. On the other it surely ought to be possible to formulate theories and models with a view to identifying and explaining urban and planning processes, particularly since the same things often occur in different countries and cities at much the same time. The nomothetic and ideographic perspectives need not thus exclude one another in planning history; rather, they should interact in a constructive dialogue.
Planning history: Recent developments in the Nordic countries, with special reference to Sweden
Hall, Thomas (author)
Planning Perspectives ; 9 ; 153-179
1994-04-01
27 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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