Urban Air Traffic and City Planning: A Case Study of Los Angeles County

Arts & Photography

Branch, Melville C.

Architecture

Irvington Pub.

The literature on regional planning deals mainly with the economic development of depressed areas and urban planning. Few works treat regional planning by businesses and fewer still explore its employment by the military. Regional Planning corrects this imbalance by providing a unique introduction to the study of region types and their use for planning and operational purposes. Written in clear, accessible language and utilizing over 70 illustrations, Dr. Branch describes the many types of regions, their use by various fields of study for different purposes, and their utilization by civil governments, businesses, and the military services. In addition, examples of current practices in regional planning are discusses as well as future potential.

Regional Planning: Introduction and Explanation

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Praeger

The literature on regional planning deals mainly with the economic development of depressed areas and urban planning. Few works treat regional planning by businesses and fewer still explore its employment by the military. Regional Planning corrects this imbalance by providing a unique introduction to the study of region types and their use for planning and operational purposes. Written in clear, accessible language and utilizing over 70 illustrations, Dr. Branch describes the many types of regions, their use by various fields of study for different purposes, and their utilization by civil governments, businesses, and the military services. In addition, examples of current practices in regional planning are discusses as well as future potential.

Continuing a life-long study, this latest work by Melville Branch describes planning as an essential element in all human activity, a principal determinant of the current condition as well as the future of society and the survival of the species. He explains planning as a primary force in the development, prospects, and continuation of human society. He defines the crucial role of the mass media in the types and success of planning. In clear, nontechnical language, Branch investigates the primary problems confronting human society; individual characteristics and societal features that affect planning, the types and applications of planning, advanced planning education and knowledge, and the societal situation and planning.This book treats planning from a broader, more fundamental perspective than other studies in the field: as a process inherent in human activities, critical to societal success, and a distinct intellectual discipline and managerial method. It will primarily be of interest to planners in civil government, business, and the military. And to those who are active and concerned with the role of the mass media--particularly television--in our future.

Planning and Human Survival:

Business & Money

Education & Reference

Telepower, Planning, and Society examines the crucial issues facing society in the rapid development of telecommunication. Melville Branch discusses the real and generally unrecognized impact and power of television and telecomputing; the role and responsibilities of the mass media; the built-in dynamics of commercial television that have caused it to become more and more divorced from the conditions and needs of society; and the comprehensive planning necessary, both in government and the private sector, to achieve societally desirable goals. He addresses important questions: Why do we disregard the pervasive effects of television and telecomputing on society? Why are the determinative role and responsibilities of the mass media rarely considered by the public? Why don't elected representatives plan explicitly for the best use of our vast communication system? Why isn't this system treated as the most crucial public utility? These issues, addressed straightforwardly by Dr. Branch, are important for all to consider, especially the legislative and entrepreneurial leaders of our society.

Telepower, Planning, and Society: Crisis in Communication

Simulation, Planning and Society Melville C. Branch continues his lifelong examination of planning as inherent in all human activities, and the primary determinant of our prospects and survival as species. This text discusses the use of simulation throughout society, as the representation of what is considered or planned.

Simulation, Planning, and Society

Comprehensive Planning for the 21st Century: General Theory and Principles

Planning by civil governments, businesses, and the military services has been considered separately in both theory and practice. Those concerned with each of these applications have had little contact with those in the others, despite the common concerns and characteristics of their respective practices.
A leading figure in the research and education in planning, Branch draws upon his experience in civil, corporate, and military planning to provide a comprehensive guide to the key aspects of planning. This text is invaluable to those engaged in governmental and business planning and to students working toward careers in urban and regional planning, public administration, business management, and other fields concerned with planning.

Management & Leadership

Defining planning as an inherent aspect of human life, Branch presents conclusions reached from 20 previous volumes dealing with different aspects and applications of planning, as well as from actual professional planning experiences. He shows how planning has been a directive force during human evolution and an intrinsic element in human reactions, actions, and activities.Focusing on the existing situation in the United States, he examines the major difficulties confronting the country with respect to planning: problems of communication, poor legislative performance, educational deficiencies, and cultural materialism. Branch presents the fullest explanation available in the literature today of planning and its place in society, and he concludes with an examination of the potentialities and limitations of existing planning in America and its relation to human behavior.

The Planning Imperative and Human Behavior

Sociology

Comparative urban design: Rare engravings, 1830-1843

Arno Press

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Urban Air Traffic and City Planning: A Case Study of Los Angeles County

Regional Planning: Introduction and Explanation

Regional Planning: Introduction and Explanation

Planning and Human Survival:

Telepower, Planning, and Society: Crisis in Communication

Simulation, Planning, and Society

Comprehensive Planning for the 21st Century: General Theory and Principles

Comprehensive Planning for the 21st Century: General Theory and Principles

The Planning Imperative and Human Behavior

Comparative urban design: Rare engravings, 1830-1843