Crises may not be everyday occurrences in planners' careers, but from time to time situations of major and unanticipated change arise that urgently.
This paper was published in: Journal of the American Planning Association, Spring 1995: 156-177
Can Planning Help in Time of Crisis? Planners’ Responses to Israel’s Recent Wave of Mass Immigration Rachelle Alterman
Crises may not be everyday occurrences in planners’ careers, but from time to time situations of major and unanticipated change arise that urgently require solutions with high risks. In a crisis, a system must handle a situation for which existing resources, institutional structure, laws, and procedures are inadequate (Bryson 1981). Dilemmas in planning take on a sharpened edge. Crises may therefore encapsulate important lessons for everyday planning.
