-- a university of arizona
course on methods and approaches for studying the future
Just what are futures studies all about. While there are various reasons people
do futures studies, one of the most useful and most often used is to better understand
how to make today's decisions. Here are two summaries of futures -- one very short
and one extended.
This map provides expands
the quick overview content (above) and further describes a futures study and
gives examples of techniques. This the same as tutorial 3 - Developing a futures
study.
This takes you to a page
of links where you can look at futures studies from a wider perspective (the
quick overview and roadmap are listed here as well).