Showing papers on "Futures studies published in 1989"
TL;DR: The IIASA study, focused on Europe, reasoned that if in fact it were possible to conduct a study of European environmental problems 40 years into the future, perhaps similar studies could be conducted for the less developed continents, and believe that this European "experiment" has been successful and strongly support the undertaking of "future environments" studies elsewhere in the world.
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TL;DR: In Europe futures studies had an important initial impetus, from an epistemological and philosophical point of view, in the work of Bertrand de Jouvenel, F. Polak, O. Flechteim and others as discussed by the authors.
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TL;DR: The authors examines how futures consciousness varies in its cultural context, and argues that the elite in government and industry should become involved in the futures field, and that futurists must rise to the challenge of relating futures to the practical concerns and cultural backgrounds of a diversity of peoples.
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TL;DR: The Journal of Transport Economics and Policy (JTEEP) as mentioned in this paper was the first journal devoted to transport economics and policy, and it was published for 21 years from 1990 to 1998.
Abstract: This paper contrasts what should concern economists when they apply their skills to transport issues with what does interest them, as revealed in what they contributed to the Journal of Transport Economics and Policy in its first 21 years. My own view of what constitutes useful economic research in transport is basically that it should satisfy two, not always easily reconcilable, objectives. First, as a branch of applied economics, it should give results useful to those having a main influence on how, and how many, resources are committed to transport. But secondly it must reward those who engage in it in terms signif icant for the advancement of their own careers. When one looks further into these, one sees the seeds of conflict. "Useful results" for transport decision makers covers a wide enough range, one might have thought, to satisfy all the curious and disciplined (that is, good research) minds that can be brought into play. "Transport decision makers" include a wide variety of public and private interests in transport. But a key point in being "useful" is to be in time to shape policy. Learned tracts on yesterday's burning issues are of very limited value to decision makers, who must above all be forward-looking. So, from this point of view, successful research must anti cipate policy concerns. Of course, this will often mean a timely return to old analyses. Old ideas, re-applied, will have their place, but what is required of research is anticipation. This implies considerable foresight and responsiveness in research leadership and sponsoring. The individual researcher's interest, governed by the probability of promotion into normal (that is, teaching) academic posts, is in showing competence which can potentially have a wider application than in transport. Transport as a specialism does not in itself yield much career advancement. The aspirant teacher must keep in mind the range of topics covered by the average textbook in eco nomics. Hence there is a pressure towards testing, in a particular context, more
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