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Author Cornish, Edward, 1927-2019.

Title Futuring : the exploration of the future / Edward Cornish.

Imprint Bethesda, Md. : World Future Society, c2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  303.49 C816f 2004    ---  Available
Description xiv, 313 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-290) and index.
Contents Explorers of the future -- The great transformation -- Six supertrends shaping the future -- Understanding change -- Systems, chance, and chaos -- Futuring methods -- Knowing the world around us -- Using scenarios -- The wild cards in our future -- Inventing the future -- The past as a guide to the future -- Predicting the future -- How the future became what it used to be -- The futurist revolution -- Improving our futures -- Future generations.
Subject Social prediction.
Forecasting -- Methodology.
Social change.
Twenty-first century -- Forecasts.
Decision making.
ISBN 0930242572 (hardcover)
9780930242572 (hardcover)
Standard No. NLGGC 259713775
YDXCP 2261203
YDXCP 2131287
NZ1 8190822

 
    
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