Citation

Talvitie A. Plann. Theor. 2009; 8(2): 166-190.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1473095209102233

PMID

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Abstract

The article begins unconventionally and experientially -- with memories that became the wellspring for the author's doubts about the scientific basis of (transport) planning. These memories form an essential substrate for the formal presentation which offers a scientific approach to (transport) planning that is experiential rather than positivist. The transition from the informal to the formal presentation is via a short history of planning. The article proposes a planning process and technique, which is 'beyond postmodernism'. This theoryless planning model takes the almost incomprehensible web of associations in the human unconscious as its starting point, and patterns it as a modern psychoanalytic process and technique for individuals and groups. A glossary of key terms is included.

Language: en