Place-based Planning and Urban Design

The Environmental Simulation Center has unparalleled experience in providing place- and performance-based planning and urban design services. Our approach is predicated on the recognition of cities as complex self-adapting and self-organizing systems.

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Performance-Based Regulatory Design

Performance-based Planning and Regulatory Design is about "satisficing" (e.g. many acceptable and equivalent "best" answers) rather than "optimizing" (e.g. one "best" answer). This is a non-prescriptive approach to planning and development that, unlike traditional regulatory practice, allows for and encourages creative solutions to complex problems.

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Interactive Visualization & Simulation

At the Environmental Simulation Center, innovative applications of information technology, such as 3D/GIS (Geographic Information Systems), and real-time design, analysis, 3D visualization, and predictive modeling tools are used in ways that are responsive to the complex and dynamic realities of urban environments.

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Enabling Decision Support Tools & Applications

The ESC is a recognized technological leader in the planning and design industry. It has been a pioneer in the development of 3D-GIS and sophisticated performance-based systems and regulations, and conceived of and led the development of Community Viz™, the world's first multidimensional place-based decision-support software.

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Empowering Training & Needs Assessment Workshops

The ESC offers a comprehensive set of trainings on using tools for design, decision-making and analysis, which can be customized to specific needs.

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