Some Uses and Potentials of Qualitative Methods in Planning
- 1 October 1986
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Planning Education and Research
- Vol. 6 (1) , 42-49
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456x8600600110
Abstract
Planners use methods borrowed from many disciplines. These are usually modified and adapted to meet planner's needs to acquire and sift through many diverse information sources helpful in dealing with complex problems. The quantitative methods which planners use are well known, well established in practice, and acknowledged by most as tools of the planners' trade. In contrast to this, most planners also use qualitative methods but these are rarely explicitly acknowledged.Keywords
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