Prior approval by the planning faculty is required. Basic objectives are to develop familiarity with types and sources of data, and the relevance of data for various types of problem situations. Provides experience in producing quality professional analysis. Secondary objectives are aimed at developing team skills and graphic presentation processes. Includes substantial work in traditional areas of land use law, but it also deals with the law as an instrument for change.
Substantial effort is directed to developing legal research skills and to performing legal analysis.
Quantitative Planning Analysis Provides an introduction to the application of quantitative skills to the planning process. Modeling of decision situations in planning and policy analysis and developing precise languages for structuring or communicating their quantitative dimensions receive emphasis in lecture, case studies and formal review of statistical methods. Survey research methods, urban data analysis, program and plan evaluation, and computer modeling are component topics. The theories and applications considered span a number of academic disciplines. Application of theoretical perspectives to federal, state, and local policy choices is stressed.