The Future of Scenario Planning

The Future of Scenario Planning

Product No.: 14038
Date Published: 03/2014

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This white paper reviews current practices in scenario planning, DVRPC’s scenario planning experience and lessons learned, makes recommendations about how DVRPC can improve its practices, and identifies options for the next round of scenario planning. These options include investigating underlying driving forces of change in the future, and identifying regional land use and transportation gamechanger(s). It recommends creating a futures working group from regional transportation, land use, environmental, and economic experts to drive the analysis, and to use social media and polling to engage the public and other key stakeholders.

Geographic Area Covered: The nine-county DVRPC region, which covers the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer counties in New Jersey.

Key Words: Scenario planning, long-range planning, performance measures, gamechangers, driving forces, technology, energy, Millennials, shared economy, transportation infrastructure, climate change, autonomous vehicles, and futures working group.

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