Overview

This book provides recently developed and tested methods for assessing the strengths and weaknesses of planning and policy options.

Focus Areas

Several contributions focus on new substantive areas of concern in planning evaluation, including environmental justice and sustainable urban development.

Applications and Challenges

Applications of evaluation in several planning contexts are demonstrated, and special problems that these pose are assessed.

Communication and Engagement

Several chapters address how to communicate the process and results to several stakeholder groups, and how to engage these groups in the evaluation process.

Practical Approach

Each chapter employs a real-world case in practice, thus dealing with the complexity of applying planning evaluation, and providing practical advice useful in similar situations.