Projecting Environmental Trends from Economic Forecasts

ISBN-13: 9781138726109 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 170 str.

Peter B. Meyer; Thomas S. Lyons; Tara L. Clapp

Opis

This title was first published in 2000:  Sustainable development offers visions of the future, but implementation of new sustainable policies seems slow. This text presents a forecasting method directed to overcome some barriers to the implementation of more sustainable economic policy.

Spis treści

List of figures and tables, Acknowledgments, 1. Forecasting for sustainability, 2. Process overview and rationale, 3. Scanning context and setting priorities, 4. Social research for forecasting: Nominal group techniques in scenario building, 5. Environmental impact modeling from scenario projections, 6. Comparing the effects of economic activity, technologies and practices on environmental impacts, 7. Forecasting for sustainability conclusions, findings and potential, Bibliography, Appendix One: Current trends in Kentucky, List of acronyms

O autorze

Meyer, Peter; Lyons, Thomas; Clapp, Tara