Suitability is followed by an assessment of preference made by the community. This step in the LUCIS model integrates community values.

Preference is not used to identify a specific location, but rather to capture community values while assessing locations that have already been identified.

When determining preference, two basic strategies shown in the table below can be applied.

StrategyAdvantageDisadvantage
use the same group derive preference and assisted with the suitability analysissensitive to the nuances introduced by weighting criteriagroup members altering their answers in hopes of achieving a greater (or lesser) preference score than an honest reply might produce
use a more diverse group of participants who represent the community at largepolitically appropriatetime-consuming and challenging

   Example: Urban preference results for a case study area