Essential Methods for Planning Practitioners Skills and Techniques

This book assembles and organizes a selected range of methods and techniques that every planning practitioner should know to be successful in the contemporary global urban landscape. The book is unique because it links different aspects of the planning/po

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Laxmi Ramasubramanian Jochen Albrecht Foreword by Mike Batty

Essential Methods for Planning Practitioners Skills and Techniques for Data Analysis, Visualization, and Communication

The Urban Book Series

Aims and Scope The Urban Book Series is a resource for urban studies and geography research worldwide. It provides a unique and innovative resource for the latest developments in the field, nurturing a comprehensive and encompassing publication venue for urban studies, urban geography, planning and regional development. The series publishes peer-reviewed volumes related to urbanization, sustainability, urban environments, sustainable urbanism, governance, globalization, urban and sustainable development, spatial and area studies, urban management, urban infrastructure, urban dynamics, green cities and urban landscapes. It also invites research which documents urbanization processes and urban dynamics on a national, regional and local level, welcoming case studies, as well as comparative and applied research. The series will appeal to urbanists, geographers, planners, engineers, architects, policy makers, and to all of those interested in a wide-ranging overview of contemporary urban studies and innovations in the field. It accepts monographs, edited volumes and textbooks. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14773

Laxmi Ramasubramanian • Jochen Albrecht

Essential Methods for Planning Practitioners Skills and Techniques for Data Analysis, Visualization, and Communication Foreword by Mike Batty

Laxmi Ramasubramanian Department of Urban Policy and Planning Hunter College New York, NY, USA

Jochen Albrecht Department of Geography Hunter College New York, NY, USA

ISSN 2365-757X     ISSN 2365-7588 (electronic) The Urban Book Series ISBN 978-3-319-68040-8    ISBN 978-3-319-68041-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-68041-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017954945 © Springer International Publishing AG 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may ha