Resilience Insights

Click either the Building Types or Place Types button to open a type selection window. The Building Types or Place Types selection window will appear.

Select a type to reclassify with. The menu entry for each type indicates the residential and employment densities. You can click the expand arrow in the upper right corner to see more details; collapse the details to minimize. Select a type and the window will close. 

Building Types selection window with expanded details

To maintain the original base values for the feature(s), turn on the Keep original values toggle. If you use this toggle, the features will be reclassified with the new land use type in name only, and all the base values will be kept as is. The residential and employment densities shown in the land use type card will be crossed out to signify that they are not being applied. 

Building Type card with toggle turned on to keep original values

Review the program summary corresponding to your selection. The summary shows the original population, dwelling unit (DU), and employment counts for the base, followed by the counts that will result if the features are reclassified with the selected type. The net differences between the original and new values are also shown. To see dwelling units by type or employment by sector, click the Show details buttons.

If you wish to adjust the residential and employment allocations, skip ahead to step 4 of Edit by Attribute. Otherwise, continue to reclassify your feature(s) as selected.

Click the Reclassify x features button. The feature(s) will be reclassified accordingly once you confirm. The reclassification action will be reflected in all summary charts, data tables, and maps for the Base Canvas and scenarios.

Editing features in the Base Canvas affects all scenarios because growth is allocated relative to the Base Canvas. Each time you reclassify or revert features, Analyst will update all scenarios to reflect new values for the base, increment, and endstate as summarized in reporting charts and represented in the scenario layer. Depending on the number of features you are reverting, the scenario updates may take some time.

Use the Undo or Redo controls to make sequential changes. Undo and redo apply to your sequence of past actions, independent of the features that are currently selected. If at any point you need to return features to their original base condition, use the Revert to base control described in the following section.

If you want to change the original land use type, click either the Building Types or Place Types button to open a type selection window. The Building Types or Place Types selection window will appear.

Select a type to reclassify with. The menu entry for each type shows its residential and employment densities. Click the expand arrow in the upper right corner to see more details. Select a type, and the window will close.

Review the program summary corresponding to your selection. The summary shows the original population, dwelling unit (DU), and employment counts for the base, followed by the counts that will result if the features are reclassified with the selected type. The net change between the original and new values is also shown. As you change the residential and/or employment area attributes in the steps that follow, the program summary will change. To see dwelling units by type or employment by sector, click the Show details button. 

To maintain the original base values for the feature(s), turn on the Keep original values toggle. This option applies only if you selected a land use type. If you turn on this toggle, the base residential and employment values will be kept as is unless you change the allocations in the following steps. The residential and employment densities shown in the land use type card will be crossed out to signify that they are not being applied.

If you leave the toggle off, the features will be reclassified with values according to the selected type unless you change the allocations in the following steps.

If you wish to keep either the original base residential values or the allocation based on the land use type you selected, skip ahead to step 11 to change the employment allocation.

To change the residential allocation, click the Change residential attributes below. A menu of housing types will appear. 

Selecting a housing type to add

Click the + button next to a housing type that you wish to specify. The residential area options will appear. 

Allocate residential area by type window

Select Apply per feature or Apply per acre from the drop-down menu. Apply per feature applies the same number of dwelling units and building floor area on each selected feature, regardless of their land area. Apply per acre applies units and floor area by density on the developable land area of each selected feature.

Enter a number of dwelling units and unit size. The total floor area associated with your entries is shown to the right. 

Entering residential attributes

The Summary section will be updated to show the population and dwelling units associated with your entries. The new population counts are based on the household size variables set on the Library Settings page in Manage mode. Population cannot be edited independently of dwelling units for individual features.

Also, notice that the density indicator in the land use type card gets crossed out to indicate that the original residential density for the type no longer applies.

If needed, click then + Add dwelling unit type button to add more entry rows. You can add rows for other types of dwelling units, or for units of the same type with different sizes that exist on the same parcel or block. For example, you can represent a single-family home with an accessory dwelling unit by including a multifamily unit in addition to a single-family unit, as shown in the example below. 

Entries are automatically saved; to remove an entry row, click the Delete icon .

Click the X button at the top right of the Allocate residential area by type window to close it.

To change the employment allocation, click the Change employment attributes button. A menu of employment sectors will appear. 

Selecting an employment type to add

Select an employment sector to be included. The Allocate employment area by sector options will appear.

Allocate employment area by sector window

Select Building floor area or Employees from the drop-down menu. You can enter employment information based on gross building floor area, or by numbers of employees. 

Select Apply per feature or Apply per acre from the drop-down menu. “Apply per feature” allocates the same numbers of employees and building floor area to each selected feature, regardless of its land area. “Apply per acre” allocates employees and building area by density on the developable land area of each selected feature.

Enter a number of employees or building floor area for the sector. If you entered a number of employees, the corresponding building floor area will be calculated, or vice versa if you entered a building floor area. The relationship between employees by sector and floor area is determined by an underlying distribution of employees by subsector, and variable assumptions for gross floor area per employee. 

Entering employment attributes

Select a building density category from the Density drop-down menu. The Low, Medium, and High building density categories are the same as those used in creating Components. Each category is associated with a different set of variables for floor area per employee, by subsector. These variables are set on the Library Settings page in Manage mode.

Click the Expand icon at the right end of the entry row. The distribution of employees and building floor area by subsector will be shown, along with variable values for square feet per employee. 

Viewing employment attributes by subsector

The distribution of employees by subsector is based on the default values set on the Library Settings page in Manage mode. While you cannot change the subsector employment distribution through the painting dialog, you can set the defaults in Library Settings prior to painting to populate the dialog with the intended values. The subsector distributions are static defaults, not variables, so changing them will not affect other painted features or land use types.

From the Library Settings page, you can also set the variables for gross floor area per employee. Variables are dynamic, so any changes to them affect all associated land use types, painting actions, and edits to the Base Canvas that involve changing employment values. The variables do not apply, however, to the base employment or building area values of unedited or unpainted features. See Use Library Settings for details on setting the variable values.

Once you specify new employment information, the Summary section will be updated to show the employment and building floor area associated with your entries. Also notice that the density indicator in the land use type card gets crossed out to indicate that the original employment density for the land use type no longer applies.

Click the + Add employment sector button to add more entry rows. Continue to add rows for employment in other sectors, entering attributes as you did for the first selected sector. Entries are automatically saved; to remove an entry row, click the Delete icon . 

Entering attributes for multiple employment sectors

Click the X button at the top right of the Allocate employment area by type window to close it.

Review the program summary corresponding to your attribute entries. The summary contains population, dwelling unit (DU), and employment counts for the base, followed by the counts to be applied. The net growth or loss between the base and future scenario allocation is also shown. To see dwelling units by type or employment by sector, click the Show details buttons. 

Program summary of attributes to be applied

To reclassify the feature(s) as specified, click the Reclassify x features button. The feature(s) will be reclassified once you confirm. The reclassification action will be reflected in the all summary charts, data tables, and maps for the Base Canvas and scenarios. 

Again, editing features in the Base Canvas affects all scenarios because growth is allocated relative to the Base Canvas. Each time you reclassify or revert features, Analyst will update all scenarios to reflect new values for the base, increment, and endstate as summarized in reporting charts and represented in the scenario layer. Depending on the number of features you are reverting, the scenario updates may take some time.

Click the Undo or Redo controls to make sequential changes. Undo and redo apply to your sequence of past actions, independent of the features that are currently selected. If at any point you need to return features to their original base condition, use the Revert to base control described in the following section.

Select any features on the map that you want to revert to the original base values. The Revert x to base button will indicate the x number of features in your selection that have been reclassified in any prior actions.

Use the polygon tool to make a selection of 18 features

Click Revert x to base. This will reset the features to their original base condition, including land use classifications and base values. Any features that have not been reclassified previously will be unaffected by the revert action.