Delivering urban transport by improving decision making : lessons from a city, lessons for a city

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dc.contributor.advisorDe Kock, Mikeen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKane, Lisa Adeleen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-06T14:41:52Z
dc.date.available2016-09-06T14:41:52Z
dc.date.issued1998en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 97-98.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis starts from the position that the enterprise of transport planning is failing to deliver a transport system which fully meets the needs of urban dwellers. Criticisms of the process are presented and it is argued that one reason for the lack of delivery is the insufficient attention paid by transport planning professionals, and researchers, to the decision-making process. The nature of decision-making is explored by reference to various theoretical models of decision-making, and it is concluded that decision-making in an existing situation must be comprehensively described, before recommendations for its improvement can be made. Cape Town is chosen as the city for investigation. Checkland's Soft Systems Methodology is used for describing urban transport decision-making in Cape Town, and the approach is informed by seventeen in-depth interviews and forty-five questionnaires with decision-makers. The analysis yields insights which are categorised into four areas: issues of institutional re-organisation and funding; issues of politician involvement; issues of change in officials; issues of public involvement. An action plan is developed from the insights.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKane, L. A. (1998). <i>Delivering urban transport by improving decision making : lessons from a city, lessons for a city</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Civil Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21686en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKane, Lisa Adele. <i>"Delivering urban transport by improving decision making : lessons from a city, lessons for a city."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Civil Engineering, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21686en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKane, L. 1998. Delivering urban transport by improving decision making : lessons from a city, lessons for a city. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kane, Lisa Adele AB - This thesis starts from the position that the enterprise of transport planning is failing to deliver a transport system which fully meets the needs of urban dwellers. Criticisms of the process are presented and it is argued that one reason for the lack of delivery is the insufficient attention paid by transport planning professionals, and researchers, to the decision-making process. The nature of decision-making is explored by reference to various theoretical models of decision-making, and it is concluded that decision-making in an existing situation must be comprehensively described, before recommendations for its improvement can be made. Cape Town is chosen as the city for investigation. Checkland's Soft Systems Methodology is used for describing urban transport decision-making in Cape Town, and the approach is informed by seventeen in-depth interviews and forty-five questionnaires with decision-makers. The analysis yields insights which are categorised into four areas: issues of institutional re-organisation and funding; issues of politician involvement; issues of change in officials; issues of public involvement. An action plan is developed from the insights. DA - 1998 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1998 T1 - Delivering urban transport by improving decision making : lessons from a city, lessons for a city TI - Delivering urban transport by improving decision making : lessons from a city, lessons for a city UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21686 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/21686
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKane LA. Delivering urban transport by improving decision making : lessons from a city, lessons for a city. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Civil Engineering, 1998 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21686en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Civil Engineeringen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherTransport Studiesen_ZA
dc.subject.otherCivil Engineeringen_ZA
dc.titleDelivering urban transport by improving decision making : lessons from a city, lessons for a cityen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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