Rational Planning Reexamined

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This article explores the feasibility of rational planning using as evidence the regional planning experience of the Appalachian program. During its first three years of operation, the Appalachian planning process sharply converged with its ability for rational behavior—an ability shown to be a close approximation of a pure rationality model. An important gap still remains, however, between this capacity for rationality and the actual performance of the planning process: the lack of knowledge or unwillingness on the part of the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Appalachian states to operationalize their goals. A multitier decision model is suggested which could make the goals of the Appalachian program, as well as other programs, at least partially operational.

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