Journal article
Planning as a Rhetorical Activity: Survey Research as a Trope in Arguments About Electric Power Planning in Chicago
Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol.59(3), pp.334-346
06/30/1993
DOI: 10.1080/01944369308975884
Abstract
This paper proposes a rhetorical approach to planning, then applies it to the City of Chicago's effort from 1985 to 1991 to explore alternatives to remaining dependent on a single, privately owned electric utility. Arguing that surveys, models, and forecasts act as tropes (or rhetorical devices) in planning arguments, the paper focuses on a survey of Chicago businesses and their responses to the city's exploration of new energy planning options. It examines a meeting in which the survey researcher attempted to persuade a quasi-political task force of the accuracy of his survey "results." The paper discusses how a rhetorical approach could improve the theory, pedagogy, and practice of planning.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Planning as a Rhetorical Activity: Survey Research as a Trope in Arguments About Electric Power Planning in Chicago
- Creators
- James A. Throgmorton
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol.59(3), pp.334-346
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- DOI
- 10.1080/01944369308975884
- ISSN
- 0194-4363
- eISSN
- 1939-0130
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/30/1993
- Academic Unit
- Planning and Public Affairs
- Record Identifier
- 9984271559902771
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