Regional Infrastructure Foresight

The project aims at developing a methodology that supports mid- to long-term analysis and strategic decision making for sustainable infrastructure planning at the local or regional level. The methodology shall be developed and tested for the Swiss sanitation sector. Typical problem profiles of Swiss communities and associated sanitation firms, as well as upcoming socio-technical and organizational innovations will be analyzed in detail. Based on these analyses, regional foresight exercises will be carried out in three specific case study regions. These will allow identifying strategic alternatives for sustainable infrastructure development. Based on the lessons learned in the sanitation sector, generalization will be endeavoured first for the urban water sector as a whole and then for other infrastructure contexts.

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