Develop settlement areas Verify grasp of planning concepts. Everyday tasks of urban planning as a component of empirical research

Which image differentiates theory from practice? h the past, when a change hi planning theory was the topic, it was usually in connection to new challenges or extraordinary projects. What image, however, comes up when the daily tasks and work methods are the focus of planning theory examination? These questions are the starting point. Of the research Project introduced here. A description OF the lending. knowledge themes, hypotheses, research methods and empirical sub-projects that. are the basis of the everyday tasks urban planning is presented first (chap. I). Using the central results, from these steps as the background, a dialogue dien takes place among experts from both research and practice, which we pass on here in summarized form (chap. 2). The conclusion is dial it stronger consideration of the daily tasks and methods of urban planning can be of Considerable value in all empirically based planning, theory.