Planning for engineers and surveyors /

Planning for Engineers and Surveyors provides an understanding of the land use and transport planning context in which the work of engineers and surveyors was carried out. It attempts to explain what the planners of land use and transport did and why. It describes the problems which planners face, t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hobbs, F. D. (Frederick Derek)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Doling, J. F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1981.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Planning for Engineers and Surveyors provides an understanding of the land use and transport planning context in which the work of engineers and surveyors was carried out. It attempts to explain what the planners of land use and transport did and why. It describes the problems which planners face, the reasons why they emerged, the techniques used to develop plans, and the political as well as the technical nature of planning. The book begins with a definition of planning and a review of different popular beliefs about planners themselves. This is followed by separate chapters on the developmen.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 219 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781483147369
1483147363