Scenario Planning for the Edinburgh City Region

Iain Docherty, Peter McKiernan
2008 Environment and Planning. C, Government and Policy  
Docherty, Iain and McKiernan, Peter (2008) Scenario planning for the Edinburgh city region. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 26 (5). Abstract This paper examines the application of scenario planning techniques to the detailed and daunting challenge of city re-positioning when policy makers are faced with a heavy history and a complex future context. It reviews a process of scenario planning undertaken i n t h e E d inburgh city region, exploring the scenario process and its
more » ... tribution to strategies and policies for city repositioning. Strongly rooted in the recent literature on u r b a n a n d r e g i o n a l e conomic development, the text outlines how key individuals and organisations involved in the process participated in far-reaching analyses of the possible future worlds in which the Edinburgh city region might find itself.
doi:10.1068/c0665r fatcat:4cbyc3dvu5ewvd3pkueembizxm