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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793363503321

Autore

Farthing Stuart M.

Titolo

Research design in urban planning : a student's guide / / Stuart Farthing

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles : , : SAGE, , 2016

ISBN

1-4739-2404-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 221 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

307.1216

Soggetti

City planning - Research

Villes - Recherche

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 -- Chapter 10. Cross-National Comparative Research in Urban Planning -- Chapter 11. Conclusion.