By use of a literature review and an environmental scan four plausible future scenarios will be created, based on the research question: How could the future of backpack tourism look like in 2030, and how could tourism businesses anticipate on the changing demand. The scenarios, which allow one to ‘think …

Like the professionals, design students tend to avoid the complexity of the user context, and moral issues are largely overlooked. This inspired us to explore whether we could engage design students in thinking about moral issues by exploring different ethical frameworks in their designing. As a case …

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Many policy documents addressing the future of teacher education do not take into account the fundamental unpredictability of the future, nor the opposing forces that will try to influence that future. Through the analysis of 48 scenario documents on the future of education or teacher education, we identified …

Swarm planning is a theory and practical approach to deal with uncertain futures. By anticipating scenarios such as a ‘post-carbon’ world and a ‘pre-adaptive’ landscape, it offers an alternative pathway to prepare for medium-term incremental and step changes. The focus is on the regional scale with a …

In dit boekje worden de verschillende product-markt-partnercombinaties (pmpc’s) nader beschreven. Van elk van die combinaties wordt een korte schets gegeven, worden de highlights genoemd, de partners die daarin kunnen participeren en de markten die aan de combinaties gekoppeld kunnen worden. Deze dienen …

In dit rapport wordt aandacht besteed aan de vraagstelling en de aanpak van het project (hoofdstuk 1). In hoofdstuk 2 worden de verwachte ontwikkelingen op het gebied van internationaal toerisme besproken. Vervolgens wordt in hoofdstuk 3 een analyse gepresenteerd van het kusttoerisme in andere Noordzeelanden …

In dit rapport worden 4 toekomstscenario's geschetst voor de ontwikkeling van de binnenstad van Leeuwarden.

Introduction (author supplied) : In this paper we propose future mapping, an alternative approach to futures research. With future mapping we intend to overcome some of the main problems that we encountered when applying scenario thinking in the area of product design and innovation. Future mapping attempts …