Environmental futures : the practice of environmental scenario analysis /

As scientists and policymakers try to come to grips with problems such as climate change and risks to biodiversity, they turn more and more frequently to the method of scenario analysis to better understand the future of these problems. Over the last few years scenario analysis has become one of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Alcamo, Joseph
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Developments in integrated environmental assessment ; v. 2.
Subjects:
Environmental sciences > Simulation methods.
Environmental sciences > Forecasting.
Climatic changes > Simulation methods.
Climatic changes > Forecasting.
Strategic planning.
Environmental policy > Planning.
Sciences de l'environnement > M�ethodes de simulation.
Sciences de l'environnement > Pr�evision.
Climat > Changements > M�ethodes de simulation.
Climat > Changements > Pr�evision.
Planification strat�egique.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Planification.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Climatic changes > Forecasting
Climatic changes > Simulation methods
Environmental policy > Planning
Environmental sciences > Simulation methods
Strategic planning
Modellierung
Szenario
Umweltanalyse
Umweltinformatik
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Towards Guidelines of Environmental Scenario Analysis. 3. Environmental Scenarios. A Survey. 4. Searching for the Future of Land: Scenarios from the Local to Global Scale. 5. Participation in Building Environmental Scenarios. 6. Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Scenarios of the Environment. 7. Scale Issues in Environmental Scenarios Development. 8. Trend Discontinuities and Surprises in Environmental Scenarios. 9. Closing Chapter.

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