Research Design in Urban Planning : A Student's Guide.

A short, accessible guide for planning students embarking on a dissertation, taking them from choosing a question right through to analysing results.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farthing, Stuart.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : SAGE Publications, 2016.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
Table of Contents:
  • RESEARCH DESIGN IN URBAN PLANNING-FRONT COVER
  • RESEARCH DESIGN IN URBAN PLANNING
  • COPYRIGHT
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • CHAPTER 1- THE DESIGN OF PLANNING RESEARCH
  • CHAPTER 2- POST-POSITIVISM AND PLANNING RESEARCH
  • CHAPTER 3- POLICY ISSUES AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS
  • CHAPTER 4- A JUSTIFICATION FOR YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION
  • CHAPTER 5- DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS: SCOPE, CLAIMS AND SAMPLING
  • CHAPTER 6- EXPLANATORY QUESTIONS: STARTING POINTS, CLAIMS AND SAMPLING
  • CHAPTER 7- METHODS OF DATA GENERATION IN RESEARCH
  • CHAPTER 8- DATA ANALYSIS
  • CHAPTER 9- ETHICS OF RESEARCH
  • CHAPTER 10- CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARATIVE RESEARCH IN URBAN PLANNING
  • CHAPTER 11- CONCLUSION
  • INDEX.