Integrating technological change into planning: The case for an interdisciplinary perspective Socio-Economic Planning Sciences Volume 29, Issue 3, September 1995 , Pages 219-226
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Abstract
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| Planning is a technological enterprise that must also encompass technology as one of its major inputs. It is technological because its goal is to draw on whatever reservoirs of theory, data, experience and wisdom are needed to achieve practical impact in real-world settings. Technology as an input is important because technological considerations have a profound impact on a wide variety of planning processes. With these assumptions as background, this article provides both a structure and numerous examples of how the field of Planning might develop. Examples span a wide variety of technological activity, including health care, communication, infrastructure, social service and the environment. The structure outlined includes principles of technological forecasting, the social organization of planning, and the philosophy of technology. |