CONTENTS List of illustrations viii Contributors xi Introduction: new challenges in planning evaluation 1 Angela Hull PARTI From appraisal to reflection: advances to existing methods 7 Introduction 9 Abdul Khakee 1.Decision-making and problem-solving: turning indicators into a double-loop evaluation framework 14 Cecilia Wong 2.Evaluating planning: what is successful planning and (how) can we measure it? 32 E. R. Alexander 3Evaluations of local planning efforts: a simple test of policy implementation and corresponding results? 47 Morten Edvardsen 4. The quadralogue concept for strategic project assessment67 David C, Prosperi and Julia M. Lourenco PART 2 Evaluating the impacts of policy-programme-project alternatives 87 Introduction 89 E. R. Alexander 5 Using land use/transport interaction (LUTI) models to assess the sustainability of strategic planning and infrastructure proposals: the potential scope and illustrative applications 94 Glen Bratnley, David Sttnmonds and Andy Dobson 6 Evaluating the cumulative effects of transport projects 123 Angela Hull 7 Impact assessment and management of infrastructure projects: from risk source to risk control 149 Jos Arts and Femke Niekerk 8 The evaluation process for a new planning culture: regulatory compliance and learning opportunities 172 Francesco Selicato and Grazia Maggio PART 3 Integration of ecological aspects into planning evaluation 191 Introduction 193 Johan Woltjer 9 Biodiversity and decision-support: integrating CBA and MCA 197 Frans J. Sijtsma, Martijn van der Heide and Arjen van Hinsberg 10 Our threatened biodiversity: interpreting the UN Convention on Biodiversity in Swedish regional development planning with the help of a story line 219 Sylvia Dovlen and Abdul Khakee 11 Planning tools for environmental policy integration: exploring the balance between supply and demand 243 Hens Runhaar and Peter Driessen 12 Evaluation of local sustainable development - approaches and use 268 Anders Hanberger PART 4 Evaluation methods for structuring participatory knowledge 289 Introduction 291 Angela Hull 13 More of the same or just right and robust? Evaluating participatory planning 297 Valeria Monno and Abdul Khakee 14 A capability approach in planning evaluation and regional development 318 Retno Widodo D. Pramono andjohan Woltjer 15 SoftGIS methods in planning evaluation 334 Marketta Kytta 16 Structuring and evaluating the garbage can model of policy transfer 355 Martin de Jong and Dilek Unalan Glossary 375 Index377