ABSTRACT
Spatial analysis in urban and regional planning is used not merely to analyze spatial configurations of activities in a place, but to understand accessibility to various life-sustaining and life-affirming services. While spatial analysis has wide application across many disciplines, the importance of various techniques and their nuances tend to vary by the type of problem being addressed. Yet, the fundamental aspects of spatial analytical techniques, which are often based on statistical methods, are similar across disciplines. This chapter shows how spatial analysis is used in problems that commonly concern urban planners and presents a framework for teaching spatial analysis for urban and regional planning in the global context.
