Energy
Waste
Water and Sewage
Transport
Green Blue
Buildings & land use
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Tool summary

Name of the tool
Systems Analysis in landscape planning

Description of the tool
Systems analysis is regarded as a tool for improving the efficiency of the planning process by helping landscape planners to find a clear structure and to make this structure visible to others. It is used to understand different processes and the relationship between relevant factors within them. Two different kinds of systems analysis are distinguished - hard systems analysis (operation research) and soft systems analysis with conceptual models. Several common elements of hard and soft systems analysis are defined: aim, output, input, planning tool, communication tool.

Specific topic
National, regional, city

Sector/s of use

Waste

Energy

Water

Transport

Green/Blue

Building & Land use

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M

M - main sector, 1 - sub sector and 0 - n/a

Scale of applications

Component

Building

Neighbourhood

City

Region

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