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Forecsting methodologies in strategic planning: A review

  • Forecasting Within a Strategic Planning Context
  • Nineteenth European Congress of the Regional Science Association
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The authors are associated with the Department of Geography, University of Reading and the Gloucesterschire County Planning Department, U.K., respectively. They would like to acknowledge the help of colleagues in the Gloucestershire County Planning Department who have worked on forecasting aspects of the County Structure Plan. The views expressed in the paper are personal and not necessarily those of the County Council.

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Breheny, M.J., Roberts, A.J. Forecsting methodologies in strategic planning: A review. Papers of the Regional Science Association 44, 75–89 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01934871

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