Recent Developments in Foresight Methodologies

Foresight is an area within Futures Studies that focuses on critical thinking concerning long term developments, whether within the public sector or in industry and management, and is something of a sub-section of complexity and network science. This book examines developments in foresight methodolo...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Giaoutzi, Maria. (Editor), Sapio, Bartolomeo. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Complex Networks and Dynamic Systems ; 1
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5215-7
Table of Contents:
  • In Search of Foresight Methodologies: Riddle or Necessity
  • Defining the Future: Concepts and Definitions as Linguistic Fundamentals of Foresight
  • Classification of Tools and Approaches Applicable in Foresight Studies
  • Classification of Tools and Approaches Applicable in Foresight Studies
  • Bridging Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Foresight
  • The Meaning of Wild Cards and High Impact Issues as Future Shapers and Shakers. Forms of Reasoning in Pattern Management and in Strategic Intelligence
  • Micro-meso-macro: From the Heritage of the Oracle to Foresight
  • From Narrative to Number: A role for Quantitative Models in Scenario Analysis
  • Foresight at a Contract Research Organization: Linking Stakeholders and Methods in Participatory Processes
  • Will Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Management and Foresight Emerge in a System?
  • Scenario Transfer Methodology and Technology
  • Willingness of Stakeholders to Use Models for Climate Policy: The Delft Process
  • Linking Narrative Storylines and Quantitative Models to Combat Desertification in the Guadalentin, Spain
  • Scenario Planning as a Tool in Foresight Exercises: The LIPSOR Approach
  • Foresights, Scenarios and Sustainable Development: A Pluriformity Perspective
  • Methodological Challenges in Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Foresight Methods for Sustainable Energy Futures - The SEPIA Project
  • Building Strategic Policy Scenarios for the EU Agriculture - The AG2020 Project
  • Opportunities for Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in Scenario-Building - The "Estonia 2010" Project.