TRADE-OFF SURVEYS IN PLANNING: THEORY AND APPLICATION

Details are given on two innovations in survey methodology for land-use planning: the use of trade-off choices and the application of cluster analysis to the data. Cluster analysis is used to reduce the attitudinal items to significant dimensions. Cluster-score patterns can then provide empirical typologies of residents according to meaningful data-based distinctions. These subgroups of citizens can be found in homogeneous or heterogeneous subregions with differing consequences for the regional plan. An initial application of this methodology to the mountain area of Jefferson County, Colorado is described. A questionnaire utilizing the trade-off approach was administered to 316 citizens. The analysis of the citizens' responses yielded eight clusters, four general and four local in orientation. On the basis of the patterns of cluster scores, thirteen subgroups were identified, which were then arranged on a continuum of convenience-versus-environment orientation. The subgroups were found to occupy heterogeneous and homogeneous subregions of the mountain area. Possible implications of these findings for a comprehensive plan are discussed and it is argued that the findings, although of tentative substance, provide a confirmation of the methodology. /TRRL/

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  Pion Limited

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  London NW2 5JN,   England 
• Authors:
  • Dowall, David E
  • Juhasz, J B
• Publication Date: 1978-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 125-136
• Serial:
  • Environment and Planning A
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Pion Limited
  • ISSN: 0308-518X
  • EISSN: 1472-3409
  • Serial URL: http://www.envplan.com/A.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Benefit cost analysis; Cluster analysis; Interviewing; Land use; Land use planning; Mathematical analysis; Planning; Regional planning
• Old TRIS Terms: Comprehensive planning
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 226: Cost benefit analysis; 9147: Interview; 356: Land use; 143: Planning; 359: Regional planning
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00184304
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 29 1978 12:00AM