Research Design in Urban Planning A Student's Guide [Hardcover]

This excellent book fills a significant gap in the literature supporting planning education by providing clear, succinct advice on the design and implementation of small-scale student research projects.
- Chris Couch, Professor of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool

A perfect text for supervisors to give students so that they plan their research projects carefully rather than leap headlong into data collection.
- Jean Hillier, Emeritus Professor of Sustainability and Urban Planning, RMIT University, Melbourne

Highly recommended... Ranging across topics such as planning a research programme and data management and the handling of ethical issues, the book will be very helpful to those embarking on a thesis or dissertation in the field.
- Peter Fidler, President of the University of Sunderland

Research Design in Urban Planning: A Student’s Guide is a brilliantly accessible guide to designing research for that all-important dissertation. Aimed at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, this text will:

· discuss research design, outlining the stages of the research process in clear detail and the key decisions which need to be taken at each stage

· explain to students how to re-interpret policy issues as researchable questions, appropriate for investigation

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