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Defence planning attempts the impossible - to meet 'requirements' that can only be known in the light of events that have yet to occur. Ways in which the prospect for defence planning can be improved include (1) distinguishing the most important defence decisions, and getting them right enough; (2) developing a sufficiently flexible planning capability and dynamic military posture; (3) balancing short- and long-term investments; (4) insisting upon education in general strategic theory as a qualification for the practice of strategy; (5) appreciating that a country can afford to spend on security and defence however much it chooses politically so to do; and (6) recognising that, although defence and security are closely related, they are not synonymous. (Survival / SWP)

AbstractMediation provides an alternative to litigation for land use disputes. Each of the actors in a land use dispute—developers, municipalities, and interested and affected citizens—has interests of varying intensity. Mediation has an advantage over litigation for resolving land use disputes because it is more efficient.

Expert systems can increase the effectiveness of planning. Planning information can be exchanged through intelligent computer/communication aids. More effective knowledge- based management of planning projects is possible through the use of such aids in distributed networks. We discuss the potential and limitations of such networks.