Aim of this paper is to describe the present status of using statistics by metropolitan and regional governments in the Federal Republic of Germany FRG in order to promote or prevent special decisions. Methodological approach is: Exemplarily it is focused an actual planning procedure going over...

Aim of this paper is to describe the present status of using social indicators within planning and decision procedures of public administrations in the Federal Republic of Germany. Methodological approach is: Exemplarily it is focused an actual planning procedure going over several years but now...

Dieses Diskussionspapier basiert auf einer Studie für das Stadtplanungsamt der Stadt Dresden.