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Integrating Exploratory Scenario Planning into a Municipal General Plan Update
Working Paper WP15JM1, December 2015by: Joe Marlow, Hannah Oliver, Ray Quay, FAICPThis report introduces the concept of exploratory scenario planning and explains how Sahuarita, Arizona, used scenario planning in its comprehensive plan update process. -
Scenario Planning for Urban Planners: Toward a Practitioner's Guide
Journal of the American Planning Association 81(1): 18-29, 2015by: Arnab Chakraborty, AICP, Andrew McMillanThis article describes the building blocks of scenario planning to help planners understand how to use it as a tool. -
Beyond Plans: Scenario Planning as a Tool for Regional Capacity Building
Journal of the American Planning Association 88(4):524-536, 2022by: Arnab Chakraborty, AICP, Stephen ShermanThis article explores regional scenario planning practices and the influence it has on local plans within the region. -
Using Exploratory Scenarios in Planning Practice: A Spectrum of Approaches
Journal of the American Planning Association 86(4):403-416, 2020by: Uri Avin, FAICP, Robert Goodspeed, AICPThis article illustrates different approaches to using exploratory planning in plan making contexts. It discusses how exploratory planning can also be used as a tool in workshops and other planning projects. -
Scenario Planning for Smaller Places: Aligning Methods and Context
January 2020by: Robert Goodspeed, AICP, David DeBoskey, AICPThis briefing paper explores planning projects in categories where scenario planning has not typically been studied: neighborhood and district plans, medium-sized city comprehensive plans, and metropolitan planning organizations serving small and medium sized regions. -
Scenario Planning for Slow-Growing Regions: A Guidebook and Case Study
January 2022by: Ian Varley, AICP, Robert Goodspeed, AICP, K. John Egelhaaf, AICPThis guide discusses utilizing scenario planning strategies in areas with low growth rates. -
From Exploratory Scenarios to Plans: Bridging the Gap
Planning Theory & Practice, 23(4):637-646, 2022by: Uri Avin, FAICP, Robert Goodspeed, AICP, Lily MurnenThis article describes how exploratory scenario planning can be used to create plans. -
Scenario Planning in Small and Mid-Sized Legacy Cities
August 2021by: Thomas Hilde, Hunter MorrisonThis report discusses how scenario planning frameworks and tools can be modified to be used for small and mid-sized cities. -
No Little Plans: The Evolution of the Comprehensive Plan
Land Lines, April 2017by: Kathleen McCormickThis article discusses how communities are integrating scenario planning into comprehensive planning processes.
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