PLG 500 Final: Advanced Theory – Essay Layout

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Planning
• Course: PLG 500
• Professor: Matthias Sweet

Document Summary

In my view, the most pragmatic and applicable planning model is communicative action. Compared to other planning models such as rdm it acknowledges the complexity of problems and the unique environment in which they occur. Rarely in planning do we have a great deal of information present in order to make an ideal choice. Instead communicative action offers multiple possibilities and choices for a course of action due to the complex and changing nature in the field of planning. Communicative action also characterizes good communication as a means of facilitating discussion as well as educating citizens on the planning process. This theory is non-rational in nature and thus avoids relying on rational analysis in a non-rational and sometimes unpredictable field of planning. Planner as the facilitator offers a broader level of community input: tackling problems from an emic (insider) view point.