Environmental scanning is one component of the global environmental analysis. Environmental monitoring, environmental forecasting and environmental assessment complete the global environmental analysis

2.  is one component of the global
environmental analysis. Environmental
monitoring,
environmental forecasting and
environmental assessment complete the
global environmental analysis

3.  To provide strategic intelligence by
evaluating potentially significant
environmental changes
 Conveys both current environmental status
and how it is changing trends
 Alerts planners to trends that are
converging, diverging, interacting,
accelerating, or decelerating
 Ideal end-goal: allows for adaptive
planning before these trends occur or fully
develop

4.  Five (5) broad categories:
 Economic forces
 Social, cultural, demographic, &
environmental forces
 Political, governmental, and legal forces
 Technological factors
 Competitive forces

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