Growth and Impact Models

Getting a Handle on Growth
Understanding growth is key to successful planning. PlanMaster uses a mix of approaches to create realistic models of growth and change.

Predicting Growth Impacts
PlanMaster recasts growth results as decision factors that clearly illustrate the differences between scenarios. These decision factors let stakeholders and decision makers understand the tradeoffs they face so they can provide balanced input to planning processes.

[ABOVE] Projected growth at 10-year intervals for Nevada County, California. The growth model for this scenario takes into account County policies, expected infrastructure enhancements, population projections, and existing trends.