Regression Analysis as a Tool for Assessing the Causal Relationships Between Urban Form and Socioeconomic Indicatorsof Urban Life

The article addresses the issue of the functional dependency between the urban environment and social life in the city. The research hypothesis concerns that the regression analysis, the tool that is designed and dedicated to extract deterministic dependencies from random data is the method that could be applied in planning research in order to access the impact of the urban form on the socioeconomic variables in the city. Authors briefly describe the possibilities of regression analysis and provide example of its application in urban planning.