As part of our mission to equitably advance the field, the Consortium for Scenario Planning hosts a variety of publicly available resources on scenario planning’s history, practice, and future. To request or recommend an addition to this library, contact us.

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Featured Publications

Books
City and Regional Planning

Scenario Planning for Cities and Regions

Robert Goodspeed
Cover of the report titled "How to Use Exploratory Scenario Planning (XSP)" by Jeremy Stapleton. Cover is an abstract design with a black background and lines going in several directions.
Policy Focus Reports
City and Regional Planning

How to Use Exploratory Scenario Planning (XSP)

Jeremy Stapleton
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Policy Briefs
City and Regional Planning

Exploratory Scenario Planning

Jeremy Stapleton
Land Lines Magazine

Regional Visioning

By Emma Zehner, December 16, 2020
Land Lines Magazine
City and Regional Planning

Uncertain Futures

By Emma Zehner, July 29, 2020
Land Lines Magazine
City and Regional Planning

Scenario Planning in a Pandemic

By Emma Zehner, June 30, 2020

Other Resources

APA's Knowledgebase

How to Design Your Scenario Planning Process by Janae Futrell, AICP

Scenario Planning 101 (Self-paced online course)

APA's Urban Air Mobility PAS QuickNotes 91

Every scenario planning project is unique, but exploring how others have handled the process can be instructive in hiring consultants and creating future workshops. The cases below detail sample scopes of work used to drive successful scenario planning processes in different contexts.

Sample Scope 1: One Day Workshop Introduction to Exploratory Scenario Planning

Sample Scope 2: Developing a Smart City Roadmap

Sample Scope 3: Stakeholder Outreach for Climate Emergency Planning 

 

 

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