Uncertainty by Design : Preparing for the Future with Scenario Technology /

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"Examines the use of scenario planning in the fields of security and emergency preparedness, energy, and health by analyzing practices at the National Emergency Authority in Israel, the World Health Organization's Regional Office for Europe, and the World Energy Council"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Samimian-Darash, Limor (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Uncertainty > Social aspects.
Strategic planning.
Decision making.
Decision making > Case studies.
Strategic planning > Case studies.
Decision making > Simulation methods > Social aspects.
Strategic planning > Simulation methods > Social aspects.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: uncertainty by design
  • Chronicity: the problematization of scenario thinking
  • Narrative-building: imagining plausible futures
  • Exercising: practicing the unexpected
  • Subjectivation: embracing uncertainty
  • Simulations: possibilities and responses
  • Scenarios, temporality, and uncertainty
  • Conclusions and critical limitations
  • Epilogue: scenarios and the dynamics between science and imagination.

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