TY - BOOK AU - Farthing, Stuart TI - Research Design In Urban Planning: : A Student's Guide SN - 9781446294444 U1 - 307.1216 PY - 2016/// CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE KW - Architecture and Planning KW - City planning Research N1 - A short, accessible guide for planning students embarking on a dissertation, taking them from choosing a question right through to analyzing results; Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter 1. The Design of Planning Research Chapter 2. Post-Positivism and Planning Research Chapter 3. Policy Issues and Research Questions Chapter 4. A Justification For Your Research Question Chapter 5. Descriptive Questions: scope, claims, and sampling Chapter 6. Explanatory Questions: starting points, claims and sampling Chapter 7. Methods of Data Generation in Research Chapter 8. Data Analysis Chapter 9. Ethics of Research Chapter Chapter 10. Cross-National Comparative Research in Urban Planning Chapter 11. Conclusion ER -