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Implementation and Monitoring in Planning

其他書名	The Experience of the Edmonton General Municipal Plan
出版	University of Alberta, 1981
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=b54pPwAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋The central argument in the thesis is that the comprehensive rational model of public policy-making has led to a misunderstanding of the manner in which a municipal general plan can influence the dynamic urban environment. Because of this, plans in the past have been noted for their ineffectiveness: limited influence upon decisionmaking, or, if implemented, a high frequency of unintended consequences. Rather than a linear, expert-centered, planning process oriented only towards the writing of a planning document, a more process-oriented planning model is proposed. The model identifies two key components of effective planning: implementation (the translation of policy into action), and monitoring (the process of feedback, learning and amendment of plan policies). A review of relevant literature provides some guidelines for effective implementation and monitoring systems, pertaining to the process of preparing a plan, the document itself, the planning organization, and continuing planning activities. The remainder of the thesis is an analysis of an actual planning exercise in terms of these criteria. The author's personal involvement in a review of the 1971 general plan for Edmonton, Alberta provided detailed and intimate knowledge of the Edmonton planning system, including the events leading up to the preparation of a new plan in 1979. The analysis demonstrates that, in the two years following the release of the draft plan, little progress had been made in bringing about its implementation or in establishing systems for monitoring its effectiveness - although both were major objectives of the plan exercise. This situation is attributed to a number of deficiencies in the plan preparation process, the plan document, current activities of the Edmonton planning department, and the structure of the municipal organization. Despite these observations there is some cause for optimism, and the thesis concludes by identi fying the implications for changes to the planning system, as well as the wider topics of Alberta planning legislation, national urban research, and the education of planners.