New textbook: Research Methods in Urban and Regional Planning.

Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce our new book published by Springer -
Research Methods in Urban and Regional Planning. The book addresses
four major areas of planning methods: demographic analysis, economic
analysis, land use analysis, and transportation analysis. Devoting a
section to each of these four topics, the authors describe how to
effectively gather, analyze, and present the information to a wide
range of audiences. The authors provide sufficient conceptual and
theoretical background of principles and working mechanisms behind
various methods. Additionally, to facilitate understanding and
application of this material, the authors have included hands-on
exercises.

The book is divided into eight chapters: Chapter 1 introduces planning
research methods; Chapter 2 describes the "three-step approach" of
transforming data into constructive information which can be used to
guide decision making; Chapter 3 reviews the fundamentals of
demographic analysis and then presents the most important population
projection models; Chapter 4 focuses on the widely used analytical
approaches built upon the concept of economic base analysis; Chapter
5 introduces the fundamentals of input-and output analysis; Chapter 6
looks at different aspects of land classification and land use
analysis; Chapter 7 provides an overview of the terms of
transportation analysis and the travel demand forecast model; and
Chapter 8 describes hands-on exercises that reemphasizes the
connections between the four sections of planning analytical methods.
Please use the following link to the book.
http://www.springer.com/west/home/geography/human+geography?SGWID=4-40420-22-173706120-0

We have been asking the publisher to lower the price and welcome your
suggestions. Please feel free to contact us at xinhao.wang@uc.edu or
rainer.vomhofe@UC.Edu.

Xinhao Wang and Rainer vom Hofe
School of Planning
University of Cincinnati