Plans Build-Out was described previously and is shown in the back cover foldout. It is based upon the current local plans as collated by SCAG, SANDAG, and MCB Camp Pendleton. It presumes the build-out of these plans with no additional constraints.
Five additional futures for the projected urbanization of the study region were planned by students at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. All adapt aspects of these plans. Alternative #1 assumes the continuation of the predominant regional trend of Spread low density rural residential and clustered single family residential development. It also assumes the weakening of some development constraints and the absence of any new conservation-oriented land acquisitions. Alternative #2, Spread with Conservation 2010, also follows the spread pattern, but implements a conservation strategy beginning in 2010. Alternative #3 follows a low density pattern but proposes Private Conservation via large-lot ownership and management of land adjacent to and within important habitat areas as a means of conserving biodiversity.
Alternative #4, a Multi-Centers strategy, focuses on cluster development and new communities, and Alternative #5 concentrates most growth in one New City. As a set, these alternative scenarios provide a reasonable range of options which the stakeholders of the study area should consider.
Two proposals are common to all of the alternative futures: a scenic highway route and a wildlife crossing of Interstate-15.