Scenario methodology in natural hazard research.

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TextSeries: Program on Technology, Environment and Man Monograph ; #NSF-RA-E-75-010Publication details: Colo. : University of Colorado. Institute of Behavioral Science, 1975Description: xv, 170 pDDC classification:

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Subject: Although speculative and often highly dramatic in nature, scenario writing involves "constructive, scientifically controlled imagination". As such it provides one means among many for exploring alternative futures. This monograph examines the scenario method and attempts to develop and adapt it as a means for evaluating linkages within natural hazard systems and options for managing their future at the local community level. The method is applied in detail to flood hazard at a single place - Boulder, Colorado

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References: p. 160-168

Although speculative and often highly dramatic in nature, scenario writing involves "constructive, scientifically controlled imagination". As such it provides one means among many for exploring alternative futures. This monograph examines the scenario method and attempts to develop and adapt it as a means for evaluating linkages within natural hazard systems and options for managing their future at the local community level. The method is applied in detail to flood hazard at a single place - Boulder, Colorado

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