Understandably the urban planners did not anticipate that technology would make us less dependent on cars instead of more. I assume linear regression is what co

Understandably the urban planners did not anticipate that technology would make us less dependent on cars instead of more. I assume linear regression is what contemporary planners use as well. I wonder what are the main concerns taken into account when planning for rapidly growin urban cities in Asia for example, and how they will turn out to be in 50 years