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The Long-Waves and the Evolution of Futures Practice and Theory [PDF]
, 2022 Futures studies explore potential consequences of present day actions, and help in formulating desirable visions of the future, to guide action in the present.
Sofi Kurki
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Alternative Futures for Faculties of Education
Canadian Journal of Education, 1984 The article attempts to predict mid-range futures of Faculties of Education in Canadian universities through analyses stemming from organization theory. Some worst case scenarios are presented as the end result of natural tendencies within organizations.
John H. M. Andrews
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Plausible futures of a social-ecological system: Yahara watershed, Wisconsin, USA
Ecology and Society, 2015 Agricultural watersheds are affected by changes in climate, land use, agricultural practices, and human demand for energy, food, and water resources. In this context, we analyzed the agricultural, urbanizing Yahara watershed (size: 1345 km², population ...
Stephen R. Carpenter +12 more
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Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 2020 This policy brief argues that the COVID-19 pandemic exposes the fractures in the contemporary global socio-technical order and offers the prospects of several different alternative futures.
Peter Wells +3 more
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Democratising and Anticipating Everyday Futures Through Critical Design: A Review of Exemplars
Temes de Disseny, 2020 This article explores design’s relation with the future by analysing a collection of exemplars from design fiction and speculative design for their potential to democratise and anticipate visions of future everyday life in design.
Lenneke Kuijer
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Analisis Kinerja Kontrak Berjangka Komoditi pada Tokyo Grain Exchange – Jepang
Journal the Winners, 2005 Futures contract is one of derivative instruments in which its value depends on underlying asset’s price fluctuation in the future. At the beginning, the futures contracts were traded with hedging motive, but now they are traded with speculative ...
Tomy G. Soemapradja
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Visions of Alternative (Unpredictable) Futures and Their Use in Policy Analysis
Ecology and Society, 2000 The most critical task facing humanity today is the creation of a shared vision of a sustainable and desirable society, one that can provide permanent prosperity within the biophysical constraints of the real world in a way that is fair and equitable to ...
Robert Costanza
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Book review: The Political Economy of Digital Ecosystems: Scenario Planning for Alternative Futures
Studies of Transition States and SocietiesBook review of The Political Economy of Digital Ecosystems: Scenario Planning for Alternative Futures by Meelis Kitsing, 2022 ...
Benjamin Cisagara
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Mouthwashes: Alternatives and Future Directions
International Dental Journal, 2023 This narrative review summarises "alternative" or "natural" over-the-counter (OTC) mouthwashes not covered elsewhere in this supplement and newly emerging products, as potential mouthwashes of the future. The "natural" mouthwashes reviewed include saltwater, baking soda, coconut oil, charcoal, propolis, seaweeds, and probiotics.
Brett Duane +7 more
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Future tense: exploring dissonance in young people’s images of the future through design futures methods [PDF]
, 2020 The lack of progress in the face of complex sustainability challenges has in part been attributed to a lack of imagination, rather than awareness. Nurturing and surfacing pluralistic alternative futures, as well imagining the pathways that might get us ...
Angheloiu, Corina +5 more
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