Knowledge meets planning

Why knowledge-based planning?

Valid, reliable and transparent data is regularly required in numerous fields of strategic and spatial planning.

The following thoughts illustrate how closely knowledge and planning are intertwined and how important and helpful data analyses are for your daily work.

Knowledge
You want to advance your city, your district, your municipality. for this purpose you want to develop a framework plan, a strategic concept or an assessment of potential. it is important to you that your planning and decisions are not based on "felt knowledge" but on objective findings.
Check
You have noticed a trend, but cannot substantiate it. there are different positions and contradictory rumours on an important topic. with the appropriate data and objective analyses, it will become clear whether there are relevant developments for you and your projects and what position you can take.
Securing
You intend to use legal and planning instruments in a targeted and efficient manner, which requires a sound knowledge base that is sometimes legally sound.
Convince
You would like to convince internal and external parties of your ideas and plans and win them over to your cause.
Knowledge
Make their planning and decisions not on the basis of "felt knowledge" but on the basis of objective knowledge.
Check
You have noticed a trend but cannot substantiate it. With the relevant data and objective analyses, you can learn more.
Securing
Using planning instruments in a targeted and efficient way may require a well-founded knowledge base, which can sometimes be court-proof.
Convince
Convince internal and external stakeholders and win them over to your cause? Let data and facts speak for themselves.

You are planning about

an urban development plan

a master plan for a county

a monitoring of environmental protection areas

a location analysis for municipal infrastructure

an assessment of the potential for a tourist guidance system

a transport model

Knowledge-based planning for your project

None of your projects will succeed without a thorough analysis of available data, and the information and knowledge that can be gained from official, non-official, small and big data sources forms the basis for robust and promising spatial planning and decision-making.

My offer

I will support you in the necessary steps towards knowledge-based planning. With my experience, proven methods and new approaches, we will first examine, supplement and specify your questions and your goals together. Then I will advise you and / or contribute myself:

Data acquisition, preparation and analysis

Presentation and interpretation of information obtained from it

Data-based knowledge generation

Decision-making

Feed-in / use of the generated knowledge in strategic planning

Communication of the results

to the full range of services

Your advantages - in brief

  • Many years of experience in:
    • Urban development planning
    • Transport / mobility research
  • with established network
  • Interface function between data analysis and planning
  • Broad market overview of available data sources
  • Distinct mix of methods and competencies
  • Bundled experience from research, practice and politics
  • Flexible and agile project design and implementation
  • as self-employed / freelancer
  • at low overhead costs

More details from which you benefit:

My approach
Tools
My references / projects