XSP

XSP is a method for cities and regions to create actionable plans for sustainable, resilient adaptation to social, technological, economic, environmental, and political forces, including some that are beyond their control. It enables them to consider a range of possible futures (“scenarios”) and incorporate them into upcoming strategies, resulting in robust plans that contend with forces as diverse as water and land use, transportation management, regional growth, systemic racial injustice, and climate change. 

Mesa Conservation District and a diverse group of local partners, including City and County Agencies, Western Colorado Community College, local water providers and many others, worked closely with the The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy’s Babbitt Center and Scenario Planning Team and Arizona State University’s Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation to lead a community-based exploratory scenario planning process to address water scarcity in the seven Colorado River Basin states. 

To learn more about how Mesa Conservation District brought this process to the Grand Valley click the links below.