Transport models, philosophy and language

Timms, Paul

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“…Therefore, such instruments cannot link-up with the context specifics and do not contribute to implement the Planning Support Systems (PSS) (Geertman, 2006;Uran & Janssen 2003;Vonk et al, 2005) and to improve communicative planning practice (Timms, 2008;Willson, 2001). …”

Section: Resultsmentioning

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Integrated Spatial Assessment (ISA): A Multi-Methodological Approach for Planning Choices

Cerreta¹,

Toro²

2012

Advances in Spatial Planning

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In decision-making processes for urban planning and design, evaluation can be considered a relevant tool to build choices, to recognize values, interests and needs, and to explore the different aspects that can influence decisions. Evaluation can be considered a process to integrate approaches, methods and models, able to support the different needs of the decision-making process itself. According to Trochim and Donnelly (2006), it is possible to define a planning-evaluation cycle with various phases requested by both planners and evaluators. The first phase of such a cycle, the so-called planning phase, is designed in order to elaborate a set of potential actions, programs, or technologies, and select the best ones for implementation. The main stages are related to (1) the formulation of the problem, issue, or concern; (2) the broad conceptualization of the main alternatives to be considered; (3) the detailing of these alternatives and their potential implications; (4) the evaluation of the alternatives and the selection of the preferable one; and (5) the implementation of the selected alternative. These stages are considered inherent to planning, but they need a relevant evaluation work, useful in conceptualization and detailing, and in assessing alternatives and making a choice of the preferable one. The evaluation phase also involves a sequence of stages that includes: (1) the formulation of the major goals and objectives; (2) the conceptualization and operationalization of the major components of the evaluation (program, participants, setting, criteria, measures, etc.); (3) the design of the evaluation, detailing how these components will be coordinated; the analysis of the information, both qualitative and quantitative; and (4) the utilization of the evaluation results. Indeed, evaluation is intrinsic to all types of decision-making and can take different meanings and roles within decision-making processes, especially if it is related to spatial planning (Alexander, 2006). ”Evaluation in planning” or ”evaluation within planning” seems to better interpret the concept of planning-evaluation proposed by Lichfield (1996) where the binomial name makes explicit the close interaction and reciprocal framing of evaluation and planning: evaluation is conceived as deeply embedded in planning, affecting planning, and evolving with it (Cerreta, 2010). Indeed, the evolution of evaluation methods reflects their evolving relationship with the planning process and the way in which they interact with the diversity and multiplicity of domains and values. To identify an analytic and evaluative structure able to integrate different purposes and multidimensional values within the decision-making processes means to develop evaluation frameworks not focusing only on the environmental, social and economic effects of different options, but also considering the nature of the stakes, selecting priorities and values in a multidimensional perspective. It is crucial to structure complex decision-making processes oriented to an integrated...

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Integrated Spatial Assessment (ISA): A Multi-Methodological Approach for Planning Choices

Cerreta¹,

Toro²

2012

Advances in Spatial Planning

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“…Tyto analýzy jsou běžně využívány v oblasti dopravní politiky a dopravního plánování (viz např. Talvitie 2008, Timms 2008. Zajímavé využití mohou mít také v rámci politiky hospodářské soutěže: specifický způsob stanovení relevantního trhu a aplikace SSNIP testu s využitím šokové analýzy například popisují ve své studii Daljord, Sorgard a Thomassen (2007) na empirických datech z trajektové lodní dopravy mezi Dánskem a Norskem.…”

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Politika hospodářské soutěže na železnici - teorie, zkušenosti a praktická aplikace

Kvizda¹

2016

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“…In his review on transport models, philosophy and language, Timms (2008) (following Pas, 1990), distinguishes two main eras of transport modelling: (i) A social physics era (stretching from the 1950s to the 1970s), characterised by the importation of analogies from traditional physics to transport modelling, and concerned primarily with the modelling of (aggregate) systems rather than people; and (ii) an economics era (stretching from the 1970s to the present day), which has been dominated by neoclassical economic concepts, focussing upon the representation of people as individual rational choice makers, interacting together to form a state of equilibrium.…”

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On the use and potential of behavioural economics from the perspective of transport and climate change

Avineri

2012

Journal of Transport Geography

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Transport models, philosophy and language

Abstract: Aesthetics, Metaphor, Narrative, Philosophy of science, Transport models,

Cited by 33 publications

References 30 publications

Integrated Spatial Assessment (ISA): A Multi-Methodological Approach for Planning Choices

Integrated Spatial Assessment (ISA): A Multi-Methodological Approach for Planning Choices

Politika hospodářské soutěže na železnici - teorie, zkušenosti a praktická aplikace

On the use and potential of behavioural economics from the perspective of transport and climate change

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