Regional Effects of Urban Planning - an Informal GIS Tool to Support Sustainable Strategic Planning

摘要

Nowadays the demand for a more sustainable urban development rises. At the same time demographic, climatic and structural economic changes are new overall conditions that require new concepts in spatial planning. The article describes a new tool for Geographic Information Systems that supports strategic planning with objective values about the local, municipal and regional effects of planned urban development projects. The tool models different economic, ecological and social effects of residential areas and areas for industry, commerce and retail. For example costs for infrastructures, financial benefits, ecological, climatic and traffic effects as well as accessability to important infrastructures are considered. For a new residential area in Germany the article presents the results of the modules "municipal revenues" and "land use change and ecological value" and reports on first reactions of partners working in planning practice.