Pinal County, Arizona Comprehensive Plan


	What is a comprehensive plan? A comprehensive plan is a broad overview of the physical development of the particular geographic area being studied, in this case, Pinal County, Arizona. A comprehensive plan, first, reviews the past development patterns of an area which have led directly to present conditions. Secondly, the plan provides a long range, futuristic view (usually ten to twenty-five years) of how the study area should develop or redevelop. In this respect, the plan examines past trends in Pinal County and utilizes various analytical planning techniques to determine desired future scenarios for Pinal County. Simply stated, the Comprehensive Plan depicts where the County has been, where it is presently, where it wants to go, and how it plans to get there.