Predict the Future of Cities with Forecaz
Are inaccurate forecasts leading to misaligned infrastructure and wasted resources?
Is outdated data hindering your urban growth planning?
Sizztech offers expert consulting in urban growth and economic modelling, including land use, infrastructure demand, and predictive analytics with the Forecaz platform.
Forecaz offers a cutting-edge platform for reliable urban growth modelling tailored for government agencies, developers, and utilities. Using AI and Bayesian Network models, Forecaz forecasts residential and non-residential development with detailed projections for population, gross floor area, and employment.
Key Benefits:
- No Specialist Skills Needed: Create robust models without data scientists; user-friendly for urban planners.
- Cost-Effective Data: Use publicly available data for quick models; integrate your own data as needed.
- Infrastructure Demand Forecasting: Align growth forecasts with needs for water, sewerage, transport, and electricity.
- Development Staging: Manage growth with staging bands for large sites and incremental development.
- Self-Service Capabilities: Interactive map viewer for analysing and exporting demographic data and infrastructure charges. Easily compare forecasts, view and export data, and search land parcels.
Forecaz simplifies urban growth forecasting, making it accessible and actionable for all stakeholders involved.
Forecaz: Your Solution for Advanced Urban Growth Modelling
Streamline Your Planning: Forecaz’s user-friendly interface includes a spatial viewer and reporting tool tailored for government and utility employees. Easily visualise and aggregate model attributes by Statistical Areas, Network Service Areas, and Suburbs to simplify planning.
Gain Comprehensive Land Insights: Quickly search land parcels by address or property identifier. Access detailed forecasts on dwelling units, gross floor area, population, employment demographics, infrastructure demand, and charges for informed decision-making.
Enhance Your GIS Capabilities: Integrate your Corporate GIS Layers with Forecaz models. This integration ensures alignment with your existing infrastructure and planning frameworks.
Track Development Approvals: Compare actual development outcomes with forecasts to ensure planning aligns with projected growth, improving resource allocation and accuracy.
Utilise Flexible Data: Combine publicly available datasets with your own for precise modelling. Generate forecasts for baseline and projection years to support accurate infrastructure planning.
Model Mixed-Use Development: Accommodate both residential and non-residential growth scenarios, ensuring models reflect realistic development patterns.
Easily Configure Models: Tailor models using parameters like GFA, parcel area, and population. Forecaz reduces reliance on costly, outdated external datasets.
Analyse ‘What If’ Scenarios: Explore and compare different growth and density scenarios to develop effective strategies.
Employ Accurate Bayesian Modelling: Use Bayesian Network modelling for precise predictions based on land availability and infrastructure proximity.
Manage Development Staging: Forecaz supports incremental growth for large sites, adjusting models to reflect real-world development stages.
Integrate Infrastructure Networks: Define and incorporate multiple infrastructure networks—Water Supply, Sewerage, Roads, and Stormwater—into your forecasts. Forecast network demand accurately and calculate infrastructure charges.
Export and Visualise Data: Export property-level demographic and network demand forecasts as spatial layers. Integrate these layers with your network modelling and visualisation tools for detailed analysis.
Forecaz: Your Reliable Solution for Accurate Urban Growth Forecasting
Transform Your Urban Growth Planning with Forecaz
Forecaz is a leading, low-risk tool designed to enhance the accuracy of urban growth forecasts. By automating and standardising the conversion of planning densities, constraints, and assumptions into detailed demographic and demand forecasts, Forecaz delivers reliable, repeatable results.
Why Choose Forecaz?
- Proven Track Record: Utilised successfully by major Local Government Authorities (LGAs) like the City of Gold Coast—Australia’s second-largest city—Forecaz excels in modelling complex urban areas with diverse land uses, including residential, commercial, industrial, and tourism developments. It supports evidence-based planning for Local Government Infrastructure Plans (LGIPs) and similar strategic documents.
- Versatile Application: Forecaz is effective for both large urban centres and smaller regional councils. For instance, it models areas like Corangamite in Victoria, with a population of approximately 16,000. This region is primarily rural with limited growth opportunities, and Forecaz has been used to assess potential for future tourism development and land use allocations in such areas.
- Enhanced Accuracy and Detail: Forecaz improves the precision of urban growth projections by automating the forecasting process. This results in high-quality, detailed forecasts that align with real-world development scenarios.
Forecaz Benefits for Local Government and Utilities
- Reliable Forecasting: Automated processes ensure consistency and reliability in demographic and demand forecasts.
- Scalable Solutions: Suitable for both large urban centres and small regional areas.
- Actionable Insights: Provides detailed, actionable data for effective urban planning and infrastructure management.
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