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Central Place Theory and Housing Programs in Panama's Secondary CitiesA Case of Official Generative Planning
Author(s) -
Murphy Arthur D.,
Hackenberg Roberta.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
city and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1548-744X
pISSN - 0893-0465
DOI - 10.1525/city.1990.4.2.144
Subject(s) - normative , context (archaeology) , agency (philosophy) , generative grammar , political science , order (exchange) , public administration , process (computing) , international development , regional science , economic growth , sociology , geography , business , economics , social science , law , computer science , finance , archaeology , artificial intelligence , operating system
Normative Models from social science are often used to justify regulative plans by governments and other development agencies. In the case of international aid this often leads to a situation where local‐level agencies must engage in generative planning in order to modify bilateral agreements and adapt them to the local context. This article demonstrates this process with data from a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project in Panama. [Panama, housing, central place theory, secondary cities]