CIVL 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Polskie Radio Program Iii, Human Capital, Robert Costanza
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Scenario planning: when you consider multiple possible futures rather than just focusing on one possibility, thus being better at preparing than. In traditional long-term scenario planning, they use the most recent history to predict the future (i. e. using current trends) In traditional short-term scenario planning, the general assumption is that the near future is similar to the recent past. With scenario planning, you can prepare to respond to any one of the possible futures. It is important to remember that there is an infinite number of possible futures out there. "visions of a sustainable future" part 1 - yale (video) Cities should be at the center of change and the possibility of our future. Alex steffen states that we should invent a new model of prosperity, and developing nations can choose if they want to emulate that. We are failing because we are thinking that the entire system cannot change, thus we are just changing specific components.
