Social Research Techniques For Planners

Download or read book Social Research Techniques for Planners written by Thomas Burton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-20 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1970 Social Planning Techniques for Town Planners introduces social research methods for town planners. The book places an emphasis on social research within the planning process, and addresses the problem faced by the research worker at successive stages of a research project. It outlines the major conceptual and organizational problems likely to be encountered in any social research for planning, and provides guidelines for tackling these. The book’s focus is on social science research methods and the application of social and economic research to issues of urban and regional planning and administration.