ABSTRACT

Two accident analysis methods are introduced in this chapter to provide land-use planning and urban design (LUP & UD) researchers and practitioner’s new ways of exploring planning and urban development as contributor factors in accidents and disaster. There are a range of circumstances where land-use planning can be attributed to both the cause and indeed the exacerbation of adverse incidents, including flooding and failures of critical infrastructure. Further, such approaches may offer ways to unpick some of the complex and detrimental outcomes to human health when considering land-use planning’s contributions to chronic disease, congestion, or indeed personal and societal safety and security.