Selected Methods of Planning Analysis

This textbook introduces fundamental methods related to planning assessment and impact analysis, which aid planners in answering the following crucial questions:

· “Who are the people living here?” (demographic analysis);

· “In what activities are people involved?” (economic analysis);

· “Where in the region do these activities occur?” (land use analysis);

· “How are people and their various human activities connected spatially?” (transportation analysis).

Planners face a large va...