Integrating historic preservation into a wider framework of urban development through comprehensive planning: an evaluation of local comprehensive plans in U.S. state capitals

Heritage Science

Table 8 Results of the multivariate analysis of plan quality

Variable	Plan total	Factual basis	Goals	Coordination	Policies, tools, strategies	Implementation
Capacity
Income	0.075	0.152	0.110	0.055	0.150	−0.133
Education	−0.014	0.021	0.12	−0.043	0.01	−0.13
Legal basis	0.214	0.290*	0.097	0.131	0.272	0.089
Demand
Native born	0.023	0.024	−0.005	−0.034	0.123	0.000
Pop., density	0.028	−0.014	0.079	0.040	0.043	−0.025
Pop., change	−0.088	−0.032	−0.161	0.086	−0.062	−0.191
City age	0.032	0.008	0.017	0.043	0.013	0.040
Number of NRHPs	0.046	−0.057	−0.045	0.166	0.061	0.030
Process
Plan age	0.033	−0.08	0.005	0.064	0.205	−0.077
Authors	0.586**	0.336*	0.370**	0.639**	0.505**	0.452**
Preservation committee	0.679**	0.602**	0.298*	0.705**	0.429**	0.607**

M Means, SD Standard Deviations, **Significant at p < .001 level (2-tailed), *Significant at p < .005 level (2-tailed)