Book
Planning Support Methods: Urban and Regional Analysis and Projection
(2018)
Abstract
Planning Support Methods offers the only practical guide to the key methods of urban and regional planning. The authors apply and critically assess the most important methods for demographic and economic analysis and projection and land suitability analysis, providing an essential resource for practicing planners and planning students alike.
The only textbook that uses information from widely available public data sources to analyze and project the population and economy of a city and county. The book identifies free online sources for the data required to apply the methods in the United States.
Unlike other methods texts, Planning Support Methods applies the methods to an American city and county, demonstrating concretely how quantitative methods can be used to support community-based planning.
Additional resources for using this text and the methods it describes are available at PlanningSupport.org.
Clearly explains and applies key demographic and economic analysis and projection methods, spatial analysis concepts, and land suitability analysis methods and their role in public participation efforts.
Integrates the use of GIS Recognizing the increased importance of geographic information systems (GIS), Planning Support Methods reviews spatial analysis concepts and describes and applies land suitability analysis methods.
Keywords
- planning,
- methods,
- projection,
- economic analysis,
- geographic information systems,
- population
Disciplines
Publication Date
2018
Publisher
Rowman and Littlefield
Citation Information
Richard E. Klosterman, Kerry Brooks, Joshua Drucker, Edward Feser, et al.. Planning Support Methods: Urban and Regional Analysis and Projection. Lanham, Maryland(2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jdrucker/33/