Abstract
This paper makes the following points about urban systems analysis, in the spirit of improving its usefulness and extending its range:
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Systems analysis is encumbered with certain dysfunctional myths, which impede its effective use in policy-making.
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It is applicable at different levels, which present different environments, and call for different methods of analysis.
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There are other competing and complementary disciplines and perspectives that can profitably be embraced by systems analysis; hence, the education of systems analysts needs reform.
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Savas, E.S. (1983). Systems Analysis and Urban Policy. In: Batty, M., Hutchinson, B. (eds) Systems Analysis in Urban Policy-Making and Planning. NATO Conference Series, vol 12. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3560-3_23
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