Integrating GIS-based Land-use Suitability Analysis in Teaching Planning Studios

Abstract

GIS-based land-use suitability analyses are significantly useful in urban growth planning and management. Becoming a responsible and capable urban and regional planner involves learning to reflect on the rationale of decision-making in planning, particularly in the physical planning field. For any planning programme, therefore, integrating landscape-use suitability analysis into planning education is both an essential aspect of the curriculum and central to learning in terms of developing professional skills. Unfortunately, GIS-based land-use suitability analysis and evidence-based decision making in planning remains a challenging in both education and practice. Using the urban growth manage..