Foresight tackling societal challenges: Impacts and implications on policy-making

Futures

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 252-264

  Konnola T ^a   Scapolo, F ^b   Desruelle, P ^a   Mu, R ^c  

^a Impetu Solutions   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 79952489033     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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