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Although the r between change & planning is often negative, the subjects of planning & change command a growing public awareness. In consequence, planning as a professional activity has gained increased status. The soc planner--the Ur, regional, systems planner--is finding it necessary to become familiar with many disciplines. The successful planner must see the broad picture, & in addition to his own area of specialization, he must reach out to synthesize all available data on human soc processes. The routine departmentalized approach to planning for change has not worked & will not work in designing for better man-nature relationships & manageable instit's. In the end, the planning syndrome, that is, the accretion of many kinds of knowledge to the objective of SE & pol'al planning, may solve our Ur & other human crises. Modified HA.

Conflicting forces within society provide the framework of market & pol'al decision. The 3 most pervasive mechanisms causing communicative turbulence & thus affecting decision are examined. These 3 forces, media, educ, & planning, are dealt with as separate entities in view of their related but somewhat disparate character. Taken together they do, however, hold out the greatest hope in meeting the critical problems of the day. Taken separately, they can each create turbulence of such intensity as to threaten nearly all constructive efforts toward meeting the challenges of Ur change & reformation. Today, the media are forsaking their objectivity & their public service responsibility for an interpretative role which deprives society of a sound information source. TV in its present aspects is an active deterrent to successful public educ. Public educ is foundering from a complex of confused programs & interpolations from the various special interest groups & the interpositioning of the courts between the citizens & their elected local Sch boards. Solutions suggested are both new & old. Higher educ is suffering from the effects of the student pop explosion, further complicated by special interest pressures & by unwise quasi-dictation from certain federal agencies. The planning process, as prerequisite to improved manag in all areas of soc activity, is beginning to show advances in affectiveness owing to accumulated experience, increased & assimilated data, & growing public acceptance, particularly in the field of Ur planning. Modified HA.

Conflicting forces within society provide the framework of market and political decision. This article examines the three most pervasive mechanisms causing communicative turbulence and thus affecting decision. These three forces, media, education, and planning, are dealt with as separate entities in view of their related but somewhat disparate character. Taken together they do, however, hold out the greatest hope in meeting the critical problems of the day. And, taken separately, they can each create turbulence of such intensity as to threaten nearly all constructive efforts toward meeting the challenges of urban change and reformation. Today, the media are forsaking their objectivity and their public service responsibility for an interpretative role which deprives society of a sound information source. Television in its present aspects is an active deterrent to successful public education. Public education is foundering from a complex of confused programs and interpolations from the various special interest groups and the interpositioning of the courts between the citizens and their elected local school boards. Solutions suggested are both new and old. Higher education is suffering from the effects of the student population explosion, further complicated by special interest pressures and by unwise quasi-dictation from certain federal agencies. The planning process, as prerequisite to improved management in all areas of social activity, is beginning to show advances in effectiveness owing to accumulated experience, increased and assimilated data, and growing public acceptance, particularly in the field of urban planning.

Although the correlation between change and planning is often negative, the subjects of planning and change command a growing public awareness. In consequence, planning as a professional activity has gained increased status. The social planner—the urban, regional, systems planner—is finding it necessary to become familiar with many disciplines. The successful planner must see the broad picture, and in addition to his own area of specialization, he must reach out to synthesize all available data on human social processes. The routine departmentalized approach to planning for change has not worked and will not work in designing for better man-nature relationships and manageable institutions. In the end, the planning syndrome, that is, the accretion of many kinds of knowledge to the objective of socio-economic and political planning, may solve our urban and other human crises.