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Carbon dioxide—alternative futures
Atmospheric Environment (1967), 1974Abstract The computer language DYNAMO II has been used in the simulation of the dynamics of the biospheric carbon. Special attention has been paid to anthropogenic emissions, which are critical in evaluating future atmospheric concentrations. Two extreme situations and a highly probable model indicate a rather broad span of possible future carbon ...
V, Smil, D, Milton
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2019
This chapter explores heritage landscapes through the lens of extractive economies and jurisdiction of forests and archaeological zones. This new body politic rallies around economic profit that is bolstered by Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs, which enhance opportunities for social mobility and higher standards of living.
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This chapter explores heritage landscapes through the lens of extractive economies and jurisdiction of forests and archaeological zones. This new body politic rallies around economic profit that is bolstered by Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs, which enhance opportunities for social mobility and higher standards of living.
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Futures, 2020
Abstract The notion of 'alternative futures' played a significant role in the early development of futures studies and applied foresight (FSAF) and remains in wide use, But the optimism it signified, the sense of unqualified agency, no longer rings true. The paper explores the grounds of this shift and considers some implications.
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Abstract The notion of 'alternative futures' played a significant role in the early development of futures studies and applied foresight (FSAF) and remains in wide use, But the optimism it signified, the sense of unqualified agency, no longer rings true. The paper explores the grounds of this shift and considers some implications.
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Developing Alternative Futures
Journal of the Urban Planning and Development Division, 1976The urbanization process has been shaped by the influences of networks of financial institutions, producing a high consumption and high energy-consuming individualized suburbanized pattern. The prime value of the study of the future and its alternatives, whatever form they may take, is that it stimulates more intensive examination of the present and ...
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2000
Abstract A major debate has emerged in recent years, which centres on the future role of nuclear weapons in world politics. Focusing attention to the role of nuclear weapons in the post-cold war world, the book argues that unlike the debates which emerged during the cold war period, the contemporary debate has taken place largely in ...
John Baylis, Robert O’neill
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Abstract A major debate has emerged in recent years, which centres on the future role of nuclear weapons in world politics. Focusing attention to the role of nuclear weapons in the post-cold war world, the book argues that unlike the debates which emerged during the cold war period, the contemporary debate has taken place largely in ...
John Baylis, Robert O’neill
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Netweaving alternative futures
Futures, 1998Abstract The metaphor of networking is widely used to describe how the emerging communications and information technologies are supposedly overcoming the tyranny of distance. In this case it has positive overtones, as if the barriers are coming down for a more open exchange among different people separated by distance and culture, making for some ...
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The Journal of Portfolio Management, 2004
Hedge funds are supposed to make money all the time, and when they fail at this, their investors redeem and go to someone else who has recently been making money. Every three or four years they deliver a one in a hundred-year flood. They are generally unregulated and generally do not tell us what they do.
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Hedge funds are supposed to make money all the time, and when they fail at this, their investors redeem and go to someone else who has recently been making money. Every three or four years they deliver a one in a hundred-year flood. They are generally unregulated and generally do not tell us what they do.
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Alternative Educational Futures
2008In this chapter I firstly set out some of the problems faced by practising teachers in relation to the academic field of futures studies and then clarify the educational rationale for developing a ‘futures perspective’ in the school curriculum. Whilst schools have a crucial role to play in helping young people think about the future what is actually ...
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2019
This chapter considers how intergenerational community-based research and creative practice can support public engagement, foster intergenerational dialogue and inspire sustainable action on climate change. It outlines three collaborations that were part of the INTERSECTION programme: a Write About Time workshop led by Sheffield poet Helen Mort ...
Kristina Diprose +4 more
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This chapter considers how intergenerational community-based research and creative practice can support public engagement, foster intergenerational dialogue and inspire sustainable action on climate change. It outlines three collaborations that were part of the INTERSECTION programme: a Write About Time workshop led by Sheffield poet Helen Mort ...
Kristina Diprose +4 more
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Visualising Alternative Futures
2008In Australia, many rural towns have experienced a loss of population in conjunction with the loss of buildings. These buildings can be considered to be key elements for appreciating the heritage of the development of rural living spaces. Demolishing buildings of note has assisted in the demolition of the ability for the current generation of ...
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