The future shocks: On discontinuity and scenario development

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-194

  van Notten, Ph W F ^a   Sleegers, A M ^b   van Asselt, Marjolein B A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Discontinuity; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

POTENTIAL DISCONTINUITY; SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT;

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

FORECASTING METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 12144251662     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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