Phase III report: population and employment implications of the alternative futures

This report summarizes the third phase activities of the Utah Process. These third phase activities have resulted in two principal accomplishments. First, the Economic and Demographic Impact Model has been used to analyze the Alternative Futures. Initial runs have been made based upon certain initial assumptions; these assumptions are to be changed in subsequent analyses (some of which are already underway). Second, groundwork has been laid for the next phase of the Utah Process; the fourmulation by various state government agencies of budget sketches specifically conditioned by the economic and demographic changes (through 1980) suggested by the third phase analyses. Both the analysis of the Future and the formulation of the contingency budget statements were major topics during the May 31, 1972, meeting of the Utah Systems Planning Group.