Francesco Lo Piccolo

Ethics and Planning Research

Herausgeber: Thomas, Huw

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The consideration of ethics in social research has gained increasing prominence in the past few years, particularly research which seeks to inform public policy. This book presents an examination of issues relating to research ethics in planning for an international audience.

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This important and unique book provides a thorough examination of the issues relating to research ethics in planning for an international audience. The authors examine alternative frameworks within which ethical action can be discussed and critically describe the key institutional arrangements surrounding the management of ethical behaviour in research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780754673576
• ISBN-10: 075467357X
• Artikelnr.: 41243997

Autorenporträt

Francesco Lo Piccolo is Full Professor in the Dipartimento "Città e Territorio" at the University of Palermo, Italy. Huw Thomas is a Reader in the School of City and Regional Planning at Cardiff University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Francesco Lo Piccolo and Huw Thomas; Part I Ethical Frameworks: Consequentialism and the ethics of planning research
Nigel Taylor; Virtue ethics and research ethics
Huw Thomas; Pragmatic ethics and sustainable development
Niraj Verma. Part II Institutional Contexts and Constraints: Planning research
ethical conduct and radical politics
Kanishka Goonewardena; The knowledge business in academic planning research
Rob Imrie; Ethical issues in PhD research training
Daniela Mello; The responsibility to ask questions: the case of bias in travel demand forecasting
P. Anthony Brinkman; Environmental planning research: ethical perspectives in institutional and value-driven approaches
Filippo Schilleci; Ethics and consultancy
Adrian Healy; Research planning practice
Patsy Healey. Part III Ethics in the Practice of Planning Research: Toward a naturalistic research ethic: or how mediators must act well to learn
if they are to practice effectively
John Forester and David Laws; Knowledge
power and ethics in extraordinary times: learning from the Naples waste crisis
Laura Lieto; Ethical awareness in advocacy planning research
Giovanni Attili; On having imperial eyes
Libby Porter; Multiple roles in multiple dramas: ethical challenges in undertaking participatory planning research
Francesco Lo Piccolo; Conclusions
Francesco La Piccolo and Huw Thomas; Index.