Threshold Analysis of Two Potential Metropolitan Growth Corridors: A Melbourne Case Study

[Extract] Threshold analysis is probably best summed up as being a relatively simple
technique which has limited aims and capabilities in plan evaluation or plan
generation. It is by no means a new technique: its origins lie in work in Poland in
the early 1960s, and during the years since then it has been used in at least
twenty-two countries. After the initial enthusiasm for the technique waned,
realism came to the fore following several studies, and in the late-1960s critics took
a very severe look at its limitations. However, a well-balanced, prescriptive
technique, which does not overstate or exaggerate its own contribution to the
planning process, has emerged from this process. Users are now in a better
position to understand the aims, objectives, procedures and possibilities in
applying the technique, and of knowing the most appropriate conditions for using
the technique, than at any prev