Rising complexities and uncertainties have emphasized the need to employ scenario
thinking in urban design and planning. While different scenario methods have been widely …

Problem, research strategy, and findings: Despite growing interest by practitioners in using
exploratory scenarios within urban planning practice, there are few detailed guidelines for …

High uncertainty about future urbanization and flood risk conditions limits the ability to
increase resiliency in traditional scenario-based urban planning. While scenario planning …

How the emerging field of speculative futures can help us dream--and build--better,
sustainable, and more equitable cities for everyone. Speculative futures--design approaches …

Scenario planning is a valuable tool for dealing with uncertainty, but little is known about its
consideration of social equity. We investigated if and how studies of scenario planning in the …

This study evaluated the potential effects of long-term land use and climate change on the
quality of surface runoff and the health risks associated with it. The land use change …

Problem, research strategy, and findings Previous studies of the impact of scenario usage in
regional planning have shown limited results: Municipalities may not follow …

Around the world, human populations and their supporting infrastructures are concentrated
in coastal areas. With rising sea levels, these settlements and urban infrastructures are at …

Most urban planning monitoring activities were designed to monitor implementation of
aggregated sectors from different initiatives into practical and measurable indicators. Today …

Problem, research strategy, and findings: Planners today are confronted with unprecedented
uncertainty in economic, political, and technological environments, especially at the regional …