ICMA Strategic Planning Survey

Trends and Drivers facing Local Governments

Please answer the following questions regarding the most pressing trends and drivers facing local governments. If you are uncertain what a particular term means, please click the hyperlinked term to find an explanation of the issues related to that particular trend/driver.
1.Please select the option below which represents the level of importance you believe that CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS will have on local governments in the next 5-10 years.
2.Please select the option below which represents the level of importance you believe that SUSTAINABILITY will have on local governments in the next 5-10 years.
3.Please select the option below which represents the level of impact you believe that GLOBAL, NATIONAL, AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC TRENDS will have on local governments in the next 5-10 years.
4.Please select the option below which represents the level of importance you believe that FISCAL CHALLENGES AND DECLINING REVENUE SOURCES will have on local governments in the next 5-10 years.
5.Please select the option below which represents the level of importance you believe that THE CHANGING DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY will have on local governments in the next 5-10 years.
6.Please select the option below which represents the level of importance you believe that TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE will have on local governments in the next 5-10 years.
7.Please select the option below which represents the level of importance you believe that INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS will have on local governments in the next 5-10 years.
8.Are there other important trends and drivers which will have a great impact on local governments in the next 5-10 years that you think we should consider? Please list and describe.