Evaluating Impacts of Future Growth With ArcGIS Urban

Find out how planners in Tucson, Arizona, leveraged a data-driven approach to developing future growth scenarios that align with community values, evaluate performance metrics, and address key planning challenges such as water demand, housing, and infrastructure needs. It’s all part of the Plan Tucson general plan update.

Learn practical methods for incorporating geospatial data and scenario modeling into planning processes and gain valuable insights into how long-range planning can be made more tangible and accessible to the public. Explore interactive tools for community engagement on preferred land use patterns and see the results of multiple rounds of asking the community about their preferred development. The results may be surprising!

Discover tools that help planners visualize potential impacts, assess tradeoffs, and integrate data across domains to create more sustainable and equitable land use scenarios. Through study of Plan Tucson’s efforts, see how these approaches foster more informed decision-making, better public engagement, and more inclusive, equitable community planning. You can apply these practical solutions and innovative approaches to your own city to advance effective change in the face of evolving planning uncertainty and challenges.