Towards improving the relevance of scenarios for public policy questions: A proposed methodological framework for policy relevant low carbon scenarios

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 687-698

  Hughes, Nick ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actors; Low carbon; Public policy; Scenario

Indexed keywords

ACTORS; LONG-TERM POLICIES; LOW CARBON; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; POLICY SCENARIO; SCENARIO; SCENARIO APPROACH; TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY;

DECISION MAKING; ITERATIVE METHODS;

PUBLIC POLICY;

DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84875381706     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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