Planning Support Systems: Integrating Geographic Information Systems, Models, and Visualization ToolsThe integration of community concerns with GIS technologies has had the effect of bringing community planners and designers together at the planning table. Planners no longer plan for the people in the communities, they plan with them. With planning support software, citizen planners can move buildings from block to block, tear them down, build complete subdivisions, run new highways in and around town, analyze any number of scenarios, and see with their own eyes the consequences of each action. This reference offers new possibilities and discusses the most important aspects of computer-aided land-use planning. Topics covered include urban modeling, simulation and scenario construction, collaborative planning, and visualization. |
Contents
SECTION 3 | 59 |
SIMULATION AND SCENARIO CONSTRUCTION | 99 |
II | 157 |
Software for Community Indicators | 229 |
12 | 309 |
Spatial Multimedia for Planning Support | 361 |
An Integrated Environment for Urban Simulation | 387 |
Communicating Urban Design to Planners | 405 |
Common terms and phrases
activities allocation alternative analysis applications ArcView GIS Batty behavior building calibration choices CommunityViz components constraints costs County CUF Model CURBA database decisions demand density DLUs DRAM EMPAL employment environment environmental evaluation example factors Figure forecast functions future Geographic Information Systems graphic grid cells habitat habitat fragmentation households images impact implementation infrastructure input integrated interaction interface land land-use and transportation land-use change land-use model logit ment modal split multinomial logit objects optimization Patch planners planning process planning support system Policy Simulator population problem programs regional residential Santa Cruz County Scenario simulation model sketch planning Smart Growth spatial specific structure tion Traffic Analysis Zone transport model Tranus travel model types urban development urban growth boundary urban models Urban Planning UrbanSim utility variables visualization zone