Exploring 'weak signals' as potential challenges in transport: An inventory of potential future technology developments

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 469-489

  Geerlings, Harry ^a   Rienstra, Sytze ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NEI The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Expectation; Exploitation; Exploration; Forecasting; Future; Transport

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS;

TRANSPORTATION;

FORECASTING METHOD; INVENTORY; PLANNING METHOD; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 0842301417     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0308106032000167364     Document Type: Article

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