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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454884703321

Titolo

Ethics and planning research [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Francesco Lo Piccolo and Huw Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, England, : Ashgate Pub., c2009

ISBN

1-317-14134-2

1-317-14133-4

1-282-24306-3

9786612243066

0-7546-9038-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Lo PiccoloFrancesco <1966->

ThomasHuw

Disciplina

174.971

174/.90014

Soggetti

Social sciences - Research - Moral and ethical aspects

Social sciences and ethics

Research - Moral and ethical aspects

Social scientists - Professional ethics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; PART I Ethical Frameworks; 2 Consequentialism and the Ethics of Planning Research; 3 Virtue Ethics and Research Ethics; 4 Pragmatic Ethics and Sustainable Development; Part II Institutional Contexts and Constraints; 5 Planning Research, Ethical Conduct and Radical Politics; 6 The Knowledge Business in Academic Planning Research; 7 Ethical Issues in PhD Research Training; 8 The Responsibility to Ask Questions: The Case of Bias in Travel Demand Forecasting

9 Environmental Planning Research: Ethical Perspectives in Institutional and Value-Driven Approaches10 Ethics and Consultancy; 11 Researching Planning Practice; Part III Ethics in the Practice of Planning



Research; 12 Toward a Naturalistic Research Ethic: Or how Mediators must Act Well to Learn, if They are to; 13 Knowledge, Power and Ethics in Extraordinary Times: Learning from the Naples Waste Crisis; 14 Ethical Awareness in Advocacy Planning Research; 15 On Having Imperial Eyes; 16 Multiple Roles in Multiple Dramas: Ethical Challenges in Undertaking Participatory Planning; 17 Conclusions

Index

Sommario/riassunto

This important and unique book provides a thorough examination of the issues relating to research ethics in planning for an international audience. The authors examine alternative frameworks within which ethical action can be discussed and critically describe the key institutional arrangements surrounding the management of ethical behaviour in research.