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 SunderlandResearch Design in Urban Planning: A Studentrsquo;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: middot; discuss research design; outlining the stages of the research process in clear detail and the key decisions which need to be taken at each stagemiddot; explain to students how to re-interpret policy issues as researchable questions; appropriate for investigationmiddot; look in detail at how researchers make their choice of methods; helping students to justify their own decisionsmiddot; reveal the ethical dimension to such decisions in the context of a growing requirement for the ethical approval of student projects middot; review the issues for comparative studies ndash; important not least because of student involvement in Erasmus programs and AESOP workshopsPacked with case studies; exercises; illustrations and summaries; Research Design in Urban Planning is an invaluable resource for students undertaking their first substantial; individual investigations.
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