A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Planning as a Rhetorical Activity: Survey Research as a Trope in Arguments About Electric Power Planning in Chicago
This paper proposes a rhetorical approach to planning, then applies it to the City of Chicago's effort from 1985 to 1991 to explore alternatives to remaining dependent on a single, privately owned electric utility. Arguing that surveys, models, and forecasts act as tropes (or rhetorical devices) in planning arguments, the paper focuses on a survey of Chicago businesses and their responses to the city's exploration of new energy planning options. It examines a meeting in which the survey researcher attempted to persuade a quasi-political task force of the accuracy of his survey “results.” The paper discusses how a rhetorical approach could improve the theory, pedagogy, and practice of planning.
Planning as a Rhetorical Activity: Survey Research as a Trope in Arguments About Electric Power Planning in Chicago
This paper proposes a rhetorical approach to planning, then applies it to the City of Chicago's effort from 1985 to 1991 to explore alternatives to remaining dependent on a single, privately owned electric utility. Arguing that surveys, models, and forecasts act as tropes (or rhetorical devices) in planning arguments, the paper focuses on a survey of Chicago businesses and their responses to the city's exploration of new energy planning options. It examines a meeting in which the survey researcher attempted to persuade a quasi-political task force of the accuracy of his survey “results.” The paper discusses how a rhetorical approach could improve the theory, pedagogy, and practice of planning.
Planning as a Rhetorical Activity: Survey Research as a Trope in Arguments About Electric Power Planning in Chicago
Throgmorton, James A. (author)
Journal of the American Planning Association ; 59 ; 334-346
1993-06-30
13 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
Unknown
| TIBKAT | 2013
The Rhetorical Side of Transport Planning
| Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2000
The Rhetorical Side of Transport Planning
| Online Contents | 2000