Expected impact: to address long-term challenges for the Central Arizona-Phoenix area and increase regional capacity to meet those challenges.
The Sustainable Future Scenarios (SFS) process enhanced research, policy, advocacy, and decision-making at multiple scales in the CAP region. From a research perspective, the SFS participatory process was an opportunity to synthesize diverse forms of knowledge and data about the CAP SETS. While the CAP scenarios are not expected to become a future reality in their entirety, the regional challenges will likely become reality. The SFS process helped build relationships among stakeholders from diverse sectors, cities, and scales who do not typically work together. Moreover, the strategies developed in the SFS workshops are being incorporated explicitly in the City of Phoenix Sustainability Plan as a direct outcome of the participation of the Chief Sustainability Office for the City of Phoenix.