Visions of alternative (unpredictable) futures and their use in policy analysis

Ecology and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Costanza, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative futures; Change process; Envisioning; Public judgment; Public policy analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249134056     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00171-040105     Document Type: Review

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