Planning Support Methods

Richard E. Klosterman is Emeritus Professor of Geography, Planning, and Urban Studies at the University of Akron.Kerry Brooks is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Eastern Washington University.Joshua Drucker is Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago.Edward Feser is Provost and Executive Vice President, and Professor of Public Policy, at Oregon State University.Henry Renski is Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

• List of Figures, Maps, and TablesPreface1 Foundations2 Welcome to Decatur3 Trend Projection Methods4 Share Projection Methods5 Cohort-Component Methods6 Economic Analysis Methods7 Spatial Analysis Methods8 Land Suitability9 Using Planning Support MethodsAppendix A: US Census Geography Appendix B: American Community Survey Appendix C: US Data Sources GlossaryReferencesIndex

Writing a methods textbook is very difficult. In this instance, the authors have achieved a very good outcome. Students with some grounding should find it approachable. . . . [The] book is long overdue and a major contribution to methods teaching in professional planning.