Future-Proof Development

Plan for tomorrow’s challenges today by using GIS

3D city model with buildings, roads, and green spaces, alongside a photo of the current cityscape

Create a vibrant community

Foster resilient and adaptable neighborhoods and infrastructure in the face of economic shifts, housing demands, climate events, and demographic changes with ArcGIS.

Provide a full picture that considers uncertain future challenges with location-based tools. Help planners anticipate community needs and proactively incorporate sustainability into comprehensive planning and design.

Model every land use scenario

Model future scenarios in geographic context to understand how your community can evolve in coming decades. Use maps that reflect input from stakeholders, explore what-if scenarios, and pinpoint needs to envision a thriving, sustainable community.

ArcGIS empowers planners to standardize and manage their own data, calculate and analyze key metrics like population capacity, and validate proposed zoning changes against existing and future land use.

Community map showing land uses like housing, parks, and water, along with future development scenarios.

Map risk to safeguard communities

Integrate hazard data—such as flood zones, wildfire risk, and heat vulnerability—with demographic and infrastructure layers to build safer, stronger neighborhoods.

ArcGIS enables planners to pinpoint at-risk populations and critical assets, prioritize mitigation investments, and design infrastructure that can withstand future shocks.

Map showing hazard zones and infrastructure layers to assess community risk and guide resilient planning

Enable comprehensive rapid response

With real-time feeds from IoT sensors, drones, and satellites, ArcGIS provides up-to-the-minute insights into environmental conditions.

Planners can monitor air quality, water levels, temperature spikes, and traffic counts to drive sustainable land use policy and mitigate shocks from natural disasters and other extreme events. This continuous monitoring fuels long-term trend analysis for climate-adaptation planning.

Color-coded city map near Pearl Harbor showing buildings, roads, and waterways

Turn complex data into collective action

Foster transparency, build trust, and ensure that planning policies reflect the needs and voices of all community members.

ArcGIS helps planners analyze demographic data and identify points of interest in their communities. Planners can share interactive maps, dashboards, and proposals with stakeholders and the public.

Infographic showing Boston community stats like income, home value, age, education, and commute time

CASE STUDY

GIS powers an interjurisdictional plan

A comprehensive plan between Allen County and Fort Wayne, Indiana, uses maps to standardize land use policies and guide sustainable growth.

Read the case study

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