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. Using a case study, the authors describe how economic and environmental forecasts can be developed that are relevant to the immediate concerns of policy-makers and are more likely to lead to policy changes. A combination of forecasting methods are shown to evaluate a range of current alternatives in the future. Similar techniques have been used in developing countries, but here the techniques are applied to an already industrialized economy.
By:
Peter Meyer,
Thomas Lyons,
Tara Clapp
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 150mm,
Weight: 310g
ISBN: 9781138726055
ISBN 10: 1138726052
Series: Routledge Revivals
Pages: 170
Publication Date: 16 January 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
A / AS level
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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
Meyer, Peter; Lyons, Thomas; Clapp, Tara
