Douglas Uzzell
Biographic Data
| ID | 3617899 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Douglas Uzzell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Douglas |
| FAMILY NAME | Uzzell |
| SIGNATURE | UZZELL D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rice University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Notes from the Field in Kansas
Notes from the Field in Kansas
Dissonance of Formal and Informal Planning Styles, Or Can Formal Planners Do Bricolage
Formal planners tend to justify their plans with non-operational information and to rely upon power to implement them. "Generative" planning in informal enterprises tends to be based on operational information and implementation tends to be incremental and experimental. Formal interventions seeking to overcome disabilities of the informal sector not only fail but in many cases exacerbate them. This is due to dissonance that occurs between the two…
Notes to Tony
Anthony Leeds (1925-1989)
A Homegrown Mass Transit System in Lima, PeruA Case of Generative Planning
The Institutionalization of "microbuses" as the mainstay of Lima's transit system is used as a case to illustrate how informal institutions evolve in Peru through a dialectic between popular and dominant sectors, each employing a distinctive style of planning: "generative planning" for the popular sectors and "regulative planning" for the dominant sectors. The two planning styles are described paradigmatically. Though generative planning is commo…
An Untrue Story
Corporate and Individual Inter-Village Relations in the Valley of Oaxaca
New Approaches to the Study of Migration
Ethnology: Zamora: Change and Continuity in a Mexican Town. Oriol Pi-Sunyer
Susto Revisited: Illness as Strategic Role
Several studies have suggested that susto is a response to some kinds of social situations. Now it is possible to consider what susto offers as a strategic role. First, adult susto is distinguished from the disease suffered by children, because although children play the role, they do not name it: adults diagnose the illness in children and give it meaning. Concluding a discussion of the strategic advantages and disadvantages of both adult and ch…
Susto Revisited: Illness as Strategic Role
Several studies have suggested that susto is a response to some kinds of social situations. Now it is possible to consider what susto offers as a strategic role. First, adult susto is distinguished from the disease suffered by children, because although children play the role, they do not name it: adults diagnose the illness in children and give it meaning. Concluding a discussion of the strategic advantages and disadvantages of both adult and ch…
A Homegrown Mass Transit System in Lima, PeruA Case of Generative Planning
The Institutionalization of "microbuses" as the mainstay of Lima's transit system is used as a case to illustrate how informal institutions evolve in Peru through a dialectic between popular and dominant sectors, each employing a distinctive style of planning: "generative planning" for the popular sectors and "regulative planning" for the dominant sectors. The two planning styles are described paradigmatically. Though generative planning is commo…
Dissonance of Formal and Informal Planning Styles, Or Can Formal Planners Do Bricolage
Formal planners tend to justify their plans with non-operational information and to rely upon power to implement them. "Generative" planning in informal enterprises tends to be based on operational information and implementation tends to be incremental and experimental. Formal interventions seeking to overcome disabilities of the informal sector not only fail but in many cases exacerbate them. This is due to dissonance that occurs between the two…
Anthony Leeds (1925-1989)
Corporate and Individual Inter-Village Relations in the Valley of Oaxaca
Ethnology: Zamora: Change and Continuity in a Mexican Town. Oriol Pi-Sunyer
Susto Revisited: Illness as Strategic Role
Several studies have suggested that susto is a response to some kinds of social situations. Now it is possible to consider what susto offers as a strategic role. First, adult susto is distinguished from the disease suffered by children, because although children play the role, they do not name it: adults diagnose the illness in children and give it meaning. Concluding a discussion of the strategic advantages and disadvantages of both adult and ch…
New Approaches to the Study of Migration
Ethnology: Zamora: Change and Continuity in a Mexican Town. Oriol Pi-Sunyer
Corporate and Individual Inter-Village Relations in the Valley of Oaxaca
An Untrue Story
A Homegrown Mass Transit System in Lima, PeruA Case of Generative Planning
The Institutionalization of "microbuses" as the mainstay of Lima's transit system is used as a case to illustrate how informal institutions evolve in Peru through a dialectic between popular and dominant sectors, each employing a distinctive style of planning: "generative planning" for the popular sectors and "regulative planning" for the dominant sectors. The two planning styles are described paradigmatically. Though generative planning is commo…
Notes to Tony
Anthony Leeds (1925-1989)
Dissonance of Formal and Informal Planning Styles, Or Can Formal Planners Do Bricolage
Formal planners tend to justify their plans with non-operational information and to rely upon power to implement them. "Generative" planning in informal enterprises tends to be based on operational information and implementation tends to be incremental and experimental. Formal interventions seeking to overcome disabilities of the informal sector not only fail but in many cases exacerbate them. This is due to dissonance that occurs between the two…
Notes from the Field in Kansas
Notes from the Field in Kansas
Computer Science (4 works) · History (4 works) · Citation (3 works) · Library science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (2 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (2 works) · Economic geography (2 works) · Genealogy (2 works) · Geography (2 works)