The Spatial Fiscal Impact Analysis Method is an innovative approach to measure fiscal impact and project the future costs of a proposed development, recognizing that all revenues and expenditures are spatially related. The Spatial Method focuses on estimating existing fiscal impacts of detailed land use categories by their location. It takes advantage of readily available data that reflect the flows of revenues and expenditures in a city, using the tools of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The result is a comprehensive yet transparent database for measuring existing fiscal impacts and projecting the impacts of future development or redevelopment.

This book will provide readers with guidance as to how to conduct the Spatial Method in their own cities. The book will provide an overview of the history of fiscal analysis, and demonstrate the advantages of the Spatial Method to other methods, taking the reader step by step through the process, from analyzing city financial reports, determining and developing the factors that are needed to model the flows of revenues and expenditures, and then estimating fiscal impact at the parcel level. The result is a summary of detailed land use categories and neighborhoods that will be invaluable to city planners and public administration officials everywhere.

空间财政影响分析法是一种创新的方法，用于衡量财政影响和预测拟议发展的未来成本，认识到所有收入和支出在空间上的关系。空间方法的重点是估计详细的土地使用类别的现有财政影响，按其位置。它利用了现成的数据，反映了一个城市的收入和支出的流动，使用了地理信息系统（GIS）的工具。其结果是一个全面而透明的数据库，用于衡量现有的财政影响和预测未来发展或重建的影响。

本书将为读者提供指导，告诉他们如何在自己的城市开展空间法。本书将概述财政分析的历史，并展示空间法相对于其他方法的优势，带领读者一步步走过这个过程，从分析城市的财务报告，确定和发展收入和支出流模型所需的因素，然后在地块层面估计财政影响。其结果是对详细的土地使用类别和街区的总结，对各地的城市规划者和公共行政官员来说是非常宝贵的。