LP08. METHODS FOR LOCAL & STRATEGIC PLANNING / RESEARCH METHODS
(updated: June 6, 2006 )

Addams, Helen & Proops, John, (eds.), 2000, 'Social Discourse and Environmental Policy: An Application of Q Methodology', Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. ISBN 1 84064 203 3

Aldridge, A. & Levine, K. 2001, ‘Surveying the Social World – Principles and Practice in Survey Research’, Open University Press, Buckingham.

Alexander, E.R, (ed.), 2006, ‘Evaluation in Planning: Evolution and Prospects’, Ashgate, Aldershot, Hampshire. ISBN 0 7546 4586 X

Anderson, James E., 1975, ‘Public Policy-Making’, Nelson, London.

Altheide, D. L,. 1996, Qualitative Media Analysis, Sage Publication, Inc., California.

Apel, Dieter, 1998, 'Wege zur Zukunftsfaehigkeit - ein Methodenhandbuch' (Ways to future sustainability: a methods handbook), Verlag Stiftung Mitarbeit, Stuttgart.

Armstrong, C.J & Large, Andrew, (eds.), 2001, 'Manual of Online Search Strategies', Gower, Aldershot, Hampshire. ISBN 0 566 08303 5 382

Arup Economics & Planning, Ove / Building Design Partnership, London:
'Environmental Capacity and Development in Historic Cities - a study with special reference to Chester' (methodology report), 1993.
'Chester: the future of an historic city', 1994.
(with Breheny, Michael), 'Environmental Capacity: A Methodology for Historic Cities', Final Report on behalf of Cheshire County Council, Chester City Council, (former) Department of the Environment & English Heritage, 1995.

Atkinson & Coffey 1997, 'Analysing Documentary Realities', in David Silverman (ed.), Qualitative Research: Theory, Method and Practice, Sage Publications, London.

Babbie, E, 1995, 'The practice of social research', 7th edition, Wadworth Publishing Company, New York.

Baker, C.D., 2002, ‘Ethnomethodological Analyses of Interviews’ in Gubrium, J.F. & Holstein, J.A., (eds.), 2002, ‘Handbook of Interview Research’, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks.

Ballas, Dimitiris et al., 2005, 'Geographical simulation explained', Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/details.asp?pubID=659.

Barnes, T, 1994, 'Quantitative Methods', in 'The Dictionary of Human Geography' (3rd edition), edited by R.J. Johnston, D. Gregory & D.M. Smith, Blackwell, Oxford (3rd edition), pp493-494.

Barry, John & Proops, John, 2000, 'Citizenship, Sustainability and Environmental Research: Q Methodology and Local Exchange and Trading Systems', Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. ISBN 1 84064 253X

Bechman, A, 1981, 'Grundlagen der Planungstheorie und Planungsmethodik. Eine Darstellung mit Beispielen aus dem Arbeitsfeld der Landschaftsplanung (Fundamentals of planning theory and methodology), Uni-Taschenbucher 1088, Verlag Paul Haupt Bern und Stuttgart.

Beed, T & Stimson, R (eds.), 1985, 'Survey interviewing: Theory and Techniques', Allen & Unwin, London.

Belson, W.A, 1981, 'The Design and Understanding of Survey Questions', Gower, Aldershot, Hampshire.

Berry, Ralph, 2000, 'The Research Project: How to Write It', Routledge, London. ISBN 0 415 20520 4

Bibby, Peter & Shepherd, John, 1993, 'Housing Land Availability: The Analysis of PS3 Statistics on land with outstanding planning permission', HMSO, London..
Bibby, Peter & Shepherd, John, 1997, 'Projecting rates of urbanisation in England 1991-2016. Method, policy application and results', Town Planning Review 68 (1), January, pp95-96

Bischoff, A; Selle, K & Sinning, H, 1999, 'Informieren, Beteiligen, Kooperieren: Kommunikation in Planungsprozessen. Eine Uebersicht zu Formen, Verfahren, Methoden und Techniken'. (Informing, Participating, Cooperation, Communication in Planning processes: An Overview of Forms, Experiences, Methods and Techniques), Dortmund.

Bouma, G.D & Atkinson, G.B.J, 1995, 'A handbook of social science research', 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Brannen, J, 1992, 'Mixing Methods: qualitative and quantitative research', Aldershot, Avebury, Hampshire.

Breen, H; Bull, A; Walo, M, 2001, 'A comparison of survey methods to estimate visitor expenditure at a local event', (Elsevier Science) Tourism Management (ISSN: 0261-5177), 22 (5), October, pp473-479.

Bronner, R, 1999, 'Planung und Entscheidung. Grundlagen - Methoden - Fallstudien' (Planning and Decision-Making. Fundamentals - Methods - Case Studies), Oldenbourgh Verlag, Munich.

Bruce, A, 1986, 'Measuring Travel Need: a methodology for needs-based transport planning', Camden Needs-based Transport Planning Group, Camden, London.

Bryman, Alan, 1988, 'Quantity and quality in social research', Unwin Hyman, London.
Bryman, Alan, 1989m 'Research methods and organisation studies', Unwin Hyman, London.
Bryman, A & Cramer, D, 1996, 'Quantitiative data analysis with Minitab - A guide for Social Scientists', Routledge, London.
Bryman, A & Cramer, D, 1999, 'Quantitiative data analysis with SPSS release 8 for Windows:- A guide for Social Scientists', Routledge, London.
Bryman, Alan & Burgess, R (eds.), 2000, 'Analyzing qualitative data', Routledge, London.

Burgess, J, 1996, 'Focusing on fear: The use of focus groups in a project for the community forest unit, Countryside Commission', Area 28 (2), pp130-135.

Burt, J.E & Barber, G.M, 1996, 'Elementary Statistics for Geographers', (second edition), Guildford Press, London.

Bynner, J & Stribley, K, (eds.), 1978, 'Social research principles and procedures', Longman, New York.

Campbell, D.T & Stanley, J.C, 1963, 'Experimental and Quasi-experimental Designs for Research', Rand McNally, New York.

Campbell, J.P et al, 1982, 'What to Study: Generating and Developing Research Questions', Sage Publications, Beverley Hills.

Cardiff University Department of City and Regional Planning & ECOTEC Research and Consulting Ltd, 2001, 'Comparative spatial planning methodologies', Research Report for the National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff University Department of City and Regional Planning & ECOTEC Research and Consulting, available at http://www.wales.gov.uk

Carr, Deborah S & Halvorsen, Kathleen, 2001, 'An Evaluation of Three Democratic, Community- Based Approaches to Citizen Participation: Surveys, Conversations With Community Groups, and Community Dinners', Society and Natural Resources (Taylor & Francis Ltd) 14 (2), February, pp107-126

Catterall, M & Maclaren, P, 1997, 'Focus group data and qualitative analysis programmes: coding the moving picture as well as the snapshots', Sociological Research Online 2 (1), http://www.socresonline.org.uk/socresonline/2/1/6.html

CERTU, (ed.), 2000, 'Concertation in urban planning and public infrastructure equipment - methodological elements ), Collections de CERTU, Lyon.

Chambers, Lance D. & Taylor, Michael A.P., (eds.), 1999, 'Strategic Planning: Processes, Tools and Outcomes', Ashgate, Aldershot, Hampshire. ISBN 1-84014-515-3

Chambers, Robert, 1983, 'Rural development : putting the last first', Longman, London. HN980.C4
Chambers, Robert, 1997, 'Whose Reality Counts? Putting the Last first', Intermediate Technology Publications. ISBN 1 85339 306 X

Chapman, Steve & McNeill, Patrick, 2005, 'Research Methods', Routledge, London, ISBN 0 415 34075 6 (Hb) / 0 415 34075 4 (pb)

Charmaz, K. 2002, ‘Qualitative Interviews and Grounded Theory Analysis’ in Gubrium, J.F. & Holstein, J.A., (eds.), ‘Handbook of Interview Research’, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks

Chavetz, J, 1978, 'A Primer on the Construction and Testing of Theories in Sociology', Peacock, Itasca, Illinois.

Clark, M & Cox, S, 2003, 'Combating social exclusion: focus groups, local empowerment and development: a Preston case study', Chapter 5 in Buckingham, Susan & Theobald, Kate, 2003, 'Local environmental sustainability', Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge. ISBN 1 85573 685 3. (GF50 LOC)
Sayer, A, 1992, 'Method in Social Science: a realist approach', (2nd edition), Routledge, London.

Clifford, Nicholas J & Valentine, Gill, (eds.), 2003, 'Key Methods in Geography', Sage, London, ISBN 0 7619 7491 (cloth) / 0 7619 7492 X (pb)

Clough, Roger; Green, Bert; Hawkes, Barbara; Raymond, Gwyneth & Bright, Les, ?2006, ‘Older peoples as researchers: Evaluating a participative project’, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York.

Cohen, A. & Manion, L. 1994, Research methods in education (4th ed.), Routledge, London.

Commission of the European Communities, Brussels:
'Successful transport decision-making: A project management stakeholder engagement handbook', (Guidemap, Civitas, & Department of Transport), (CD), 2005.

Coolican, H, 1994, 'Research Methods in Psychology', Hodder & Stoughton, London.

Cooper, H.M, 1989, 'Integrating Research: A Guide for Literature Refviews', (2nd edition), Sage, Beverley Hills.

Cope, M. 2003, ‘Coding Transcript and Diaries’ in Clifford, N. & Valentine, G., (eds.), ‘Key Methods in Human and Physical Geography’, Sage, Thousand Oaks.

Crang, M, 2002, 'Qualitative Methods: The New Orthodoxy?', Progress in Human Geography 26 (5), pp647-655
Crang, M. 2005, ‘Analysing Qualitative Materials’ in Flowerdew, R. & Martin, D., (eds.), ‘Method in Human Geography: A Guide for Students Doing Research Project’, Pearson, Harlow (2nd edition).

Creswell, J.W. 1994 & 2003, 'Research Design: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches', Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, California.(second edition, 2003)

Cross, D. & Bristow, M., 1993, 'English Structure Planning', Pion, London.

Dalkey, H.C, 1969, 'The Delphi Method: An Experimental Study of Group Opinion', RAND Corp.

David, J.A, 1971, 'Elementary survey analysis', Prenctice Hall, Englewood Cliffs.

Deacon, D: PIckering, M; Golding P & Murdock, G, 1999, 'Researching communications', Arnold, London.

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) (June 1997 to June 2001)
- website: http://www.detr.gov.uk
NB: DETR replaced from June 2001 to May 2002 by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR)
'Planning for Sustainable Development: Towards Better Practice', (Chapter 6: Methodology for Integrating Sustainable Devleopment into Development Plan preparation', TSO, October 1998. (OFL)
'Monitoring the Delivery of Housing through the Planning System: Towards Better Practice', DETR Free Literature, Wetherby, October 2000, and at: http://www.planning.detr.gov.uk/monitor/housing/index.htm (OFL on 4.10.00)

De Vaus, D.A, 1996, 'Surveys in social research', 4th edition, Allen & Unwin, London.

Davis, M, 1988, 'Applied Decision Support', Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

Denzin, N. & Lincoln, Y. 1998, ‘Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials’, Sage, Thousand Oaks.

Dey, I., 1993, ‘Qualitative Data Analysis: A User-friendly Guide for Social Scientists’, Routledge, London.

Diebold, F, 1998, 'Elements of forecasting', Southwest College Publishing, Cincinnatti.

Dillman, Donald, 1978, 'Mail and telephone surveys: The total design method', John Wiley, New York.

Drivers Jonas, 1992, 'Retail Impact Assessment Methodology', Central Research Unit Papers, (former) The Scottish Office, Edinburgh.

Dubin, R, 1969, 'Theory Building', Free Press, New York.

Dye, Thomas R., 1976, ‘Policy Analysis’, The University of Alabama Press, University, Alabama.

Ebdon, D, 1985, 'Statistics in geography', (2nd edition), Basil Blackwell, Oxford.

Feldman, M, 1995, 'Strategies for interpreting qualitative data', Sage, Beverly Hill.

*Field, Brian & MacGregor, Bryan, 1987, 'Forecasting techniques for urban and regional planning', UCL Press, London. GF1650.FIE

Flowerdew, R & Martin, D (eds.), 1997, 'Methods in Human geography - a guide for students doing a research project', Longman, Harlow, Essex.
Flowerdew, Robin & Martin, David, 2004, 'Methods in Human Geography: A Guide for Students Doing a Research Project', Pearson Education, Harlow, Essex, ISBN 0582289734 (new edition in 2004)

Forester, John, 1993 & 1999, 'The Deliberative Practitioner: Enquiring Participating Practices', MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Frankfort-Nachmias, C & Nachmias, D. 1992, Research Methods in the Social Sciences (4th Edition), St. Martin's Press, New York.

Freebody, P. 2003, Qualitative Research in Education: interaction and practice, Sage, London.

Freeman, L.C, 1965, 'Elementary Applied Statistics', Wiley, New York.

Frewer, L; Rowe, G; Marsh, R & Reynolds, C, 2001, 'Public participation methods: evolving and operationalising an evaluation framework. Summary report for the UK Department of Health and the Health and Safety Executive', ?

Garrod, G.D. & Willis, K.G., 1999, 'Methodological Issues in Valuing the Banefits of Environmentally Sensitive Areas', Journal of Rural Studies 15 (1), January.

Gash, Sarah, ?2001, 'Effectrive Literature Searching for Research', 2nd edition, Gower, Aldershot, Hampshire. ISBN 0 566 08125 3 (pb) / 0 566 08277 2 (Hb)

Glaser, B.G & Strauss, A.L, 1967, 'The Discovery of Grounded Theory', Aldine, Chicago.

Glicken, J, 2000, 'Getting Stakeholder participation 'right': a discussion of participatory processes and possible pitfalls', Environmental Science and Policy 3, pp305-310

Goode, W.J & Hatt, P.K, 1952, 'Methods in Social Research', McGraw-Hill Bookm Company, New York.

Goss, J & Leinbach, T, 1996, 'Focus groups as an altenative research practice: Experience with transmigrants in Ethiopia', Area 28 (2), pp115-123.

Gregory, A, 2000, 'Problematizing Participation Evaluation', 6 (2), pp179-199

Greenfield, Tony, 2001, 'Research Methods for Postgraduates', (2nd edition), Arnold Publishers, http://www.arnoldpublishers.com ISBN 0 340 80656 7 (pb)

Gubrium, J.F. & Holstein, J.A., (eds.), 2002, Handbook of Interview Research – Context & Method, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks.

Hair, J.F; Anderson, R.E; Tatham, R.L K & Black, W.C, 1998, 'Multivariate data analysis', 5th edition, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

Hakim, C, 1982, 'Secondary Analysis in Social Research ', Allen & Unwin, London.
Hakim, C, 1987, 'Research Design: Strategies and Choices in the Design of Social Research', Allen & Unwin, London.

Hall, A.C. (Tony), 1990, 'Generation of Objectives for Design Control,' Anglia College Enterprises Ltd.
Hall, A.C. (Tony), 1990, 'Generating Urban Design Objectives for local areas: a methodology and case study application to Chelmsford, Essex', Town Planning Review 61, pp287-309.
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Hambleton, R & Thomas, H (eds.), 1995, 'Urban Policy Evaluation', Paul Chapman Publishing, London. HT133.U8

Hart, C, 1998, 'Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Social Sciences Research Imagination', Sage Publications, London.

Healey, J.F, 19900, 'Statistics: A Tool for Social Research', (2nd edition) Chapman & Hall, London.

Hinton, P.R, 1995, 'Statistics Explained', Routledge, London.

Hoggart, Keith; Lees, Loretta; Davies, Anna, 2001, 'Researching Human Geography', Arnold Publishers, http://www.arnoldpublishers.com ISBN 0 340 67675 2 (pb) / 0 340 67674 4 (Hb)

Holbrook, B & Jackson, 1996, 'Shopping around: Focus group research in North London', Area 28 (2), pp136-142.

Hoinville, J; Jowell, R & Associates, 1978, 'Survey Research Practice', Heinemann Education Books, London.

Holland, Jeremy (ed) with Blackburn, James, 1997, 'Whose Voice? Participatory research and policy change', ITDG Publications, London WC1, ISBN 185339 419X

Holsetein, J.A, 1995, 'The active interview', Saxon, Thousand Oaks, California.

Hooper, A; Pinch, P & Rogers, S, 1988, 'Housing land availability: cicrcular advice, circular arguments and circular methods', Journal of Planning and Environment Law, pp225-239.

Huberman, A.M. & Miles, M. 1998, ‘Data Management and Analysis Methods’ in Denzin, N. & Lincoln, Y., (eds.), Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials, Sage, Thousand Oaks.

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Isard, Walter; Aziz, Iwan J; Drenna, Matthew P; Miller, Ronald E; Saltzmann, Sidney & Thorbecke, Eric, 1998, 'Methods of Interregional and Regional Analysis', Ashgate, Aldershot, Hampshire, http://www.ashgate.com ISBN 1 85972 410 8

Jones, Gareth & Ward, Peter M, (eds.) 1997, 'Methodology for Land and Housing Market Analysis', Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, Massachussets, http://www.lincolninst.edu & UCL Press, ISBN 1 55844 123 9

Jones, Peter & Stopher, P (eds), 2003, 'Transport Survey Quality and Innovation', Pergamon, ISBN 0-08-044096-7, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0-08-044096-7, May

Kerlinger, F.N, 1973, 'Foundations of Behavioural Research' (2nd edition), Rinehart & Winston, New York

Kitchen, R & Tate, N.J, 2000, 'Conducting research into human geography', Prentice Hall, Harlow, Essex.

Kitchin, Robert & Tate, Nick, 1999, 'Conducting Research in Human Geography: Theory, Methodology and Practice', Pearson Education, Harlow, Essex, ISBN 0582297974
Kitchin, R. & Tate, N.J. 2000, Conducting Research in Human Geography: Theory, Methodology and Practice, Prentice Hall, Harlow.

Klosterman, Richard E, 1990, 'Community analysis and planning techniques', Rowman & LIttlefield, Savage, Maryland.

Krueger, R, 1997, 'Developing Questions for Focus Groups', Thousand Oaks, London.
Krueger, R, 1997, 'Moderating Focus Groups', Thousand Oaks, London.
Krueger, R, 1998, 'Focus groups: A practical guide for applied research', Sage, London.

Kumar, R, 1999, 'Research Methodology', Sage Publications, London.

Kvale, S. 1996, Inter Views: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, California.

Lamnetk, S, 1993, 'Qualititative Sozialforschung' (Qualititative Social Research), Band 2 (Vol. 2): Methoden und Techniken' (Methods and Techniques), Weinheim, Germany.

Law, John, 2004, 'After Method: Mess in Social Science Research', Routledge, London, ISBN 0 415 34174 4 (Hb) / 0 415 34174 2 (pb)

Lazarsfeld, P.F & Rosenberg, M (eds.), 1955, 'The Language of Social Research', Free Press, Glencoe.
Lazarsfeld, P.F & al, 1972, 'Communities in the Language of Social Research', Free Press, New York.

Lichfield, Nat, 1996, 'Commuity Impact Evaluation', UCL Press, London. HT133.L4
Lichfield, Nat, 1995, 'Community impact evaluation: principles and practice', University College Press, London.
Lichfield, Nat; Adams, David; Needham, Barrie, 2003, 'The Concept of Planned Development: A Presentation and Commentaries on
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Louviere, J.J; Hensher, DA; Swait, J.D, 2000, 'Stated Preference Methods: Analysis and Applications', Cambridge University Press.

Luck, Martin, ?2001, 'Your Student Research Project', Gower, Aldershot, Hampshire. ISBN 0 566 08213 5

Market Research Society & the Local Authorities Research and Intelligence Association, 2005, 'Using Surveys for Consultation', MRS, March,
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Mason, J, 1997, 'Qualitative researching', Sage Publications, London.

May, Tim, 1993, 'Social research issues, methods and process', Open University, Buckingham.

Mayers, Dowell, 1992, 'Analysis with local census data', Academic Press, Boston.

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McGracken, G, 1988, 'The long interview', Sage, London.

Midgley, Jane, 2001, 'Exploring Alternative Methodologies to Establish the Effects of Land Area Designations on Development Control Decisions', Planning Practice and Research 15 (4), pp 319-333

Miles, M & Huberman, A.M, 1994, 'Qualitative data analysis: An expanded sourcebook', Sage, Newbury Park, California.

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Miller, Donald & de Roo, Gert, 1997, 'Urban Environmental Planning: Policies, Instruments and Methods in an International Perspective', (second edition), Avebury, Aldershot, Hampshire. ISBN 0 7546 4392 1
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- replaced in May 2006 by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
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