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Foresight in Action : Developing Policy-Oriented Scenarios.
Assessing the future is vital in informing public policy decisions. One of the most widespread approaches is the development of scenarios, which are alternative hypothetical futures. Research has indicated, however, that the reality of how professionals go about employing scenarios is often starkly...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Earthscan,
2010.
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| Colección: | Earthscan risk in society series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Assessing the future is vital in informing public policy decisions. One of the most widespread approaches is the development of scenarios, which are alternative hypothetical futures. Research has indicated, however, that the reality of how professionals go about employing scenarios is often starkly at odds with the theory - a finding that has important ramifications for how the resulting images of the future should be interpreted. It also shows the need for rewriting and updating theory. This book, based on an intensive five year study of how experts actually go about assessing the future, pro. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (193 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849775748 1849775745 1280873817 9781280873812 9786613715128 6613715123 1136536981 9781136536984 1136536973 9781136536977 |