Enabling Long-Term Planning in the Montérégie Region of Quebec
Mar 5, 2020
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Updated: Jul 12, 2022
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Future Search: Enabling Long-Term Planning in the Montérégie Region of Quebec
Summary Elena worked with a nature conservation group to plan and support future decision-making for the Montérégie Connection, an agricultural area near Montreal that is undergoing a shift toward development. Early on, she identified the values that she wanted to express through her partnership with this agricultural community: being a credible, reliable, trustworthy scientist who stays with a project and understands its political, social, economic, and environmental context. An important aspect of this work was the use of scenario planning, a decision-making tool, to enable the community to plan for long-term sustainability.
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