Regional Planning 572 - Scenario Planning

The goal of this graduate seminar is to introduce students to scenario planning as a professional technique to address uncertain futures on behalf of our communities. Scenarios can be used to challenge conventional thinking and promote creative plan-making that is supported by rigorous analysis of empirical data. In a time when climate change, the automation of work, technology disruption, and social inequity must be confronted by planners & policymakers, there is a need to address how various trends will impact the future and to provide this information to stakeholders and decisions makers in ways that communicate and educate.

RP graduate students across all four of our concentration areas. Students from other disciplines are welcome. GIS and a basic understanding of statistical methods is suggested but not required.