Planning & Public Policy
Aspen’s cadre of planners are expert in land use planning, public policy development and analysis, socioeconomics and environmental justice analysis for local, State, and federal agencies.
Aspen has a long history of assisting our public agency clients with planning for, and analysis of, infrastructure project effects on communities and their populations. Our Planning and Public Policy Group has supported many federal, State, and local agencies with project planning, including land valuation, site suitability, and development of planning and policy directives for local jurisdictions and federal resource management plans. In addition, we are adept at demographic data generation, aggregation, and use of latest and best models to support environmental justice analyses. Our Team has seasoned socioeconomic analysts that regularly evaluate project effects on community resources.
Services include:
Community Benefits Agreements (AB 205 compliance)
Cost-benefit analyses
Land valuation analysis
Forestry analysis
Agricultural Land Conversion analysis
Agricultural Mitigation Plans
Easement acquisition support services
Wild and Scenic River Analysis (federal and State)
Land with Wilderness Characteristics Analysis
Scenery Compensation Analysis
Seen-Area Analysis
Visual Analysis
Federal land management plans
Expert Witness Testimony (Land Use, Socioeconomics, Environmental Justice, and Alternatives)
U.S. EPA EJScreen
Cal EPA CalEnviroScreen
Climate & Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST)
IMPLAN Model
Viewshed Modeling and Analysis
Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA) Modeling
Jobs & Economic Development Impact (JEDI) Modeling
Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program Screening Tool
Williamson Act Screening Tool
Local agency renewable energy policy and zone development
Renewable Energy General Plan Elements
Policy analysis
Coastal Consistency Determinations
Coastal Development Permits
Land Use Inventories
Recreation planning
Resource Management Plans
Demographic data gathering, aggregation, and analysis
Environmental justice population screening and analysis
Socioeconomic analysis
Opportunities and Constraints Technical Studies
SWOT Analyses
Site Suitability Reports
Local agency net economic benefits analyses (AB 205 compliance)