What is the future? /

What is the future? /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Urry, John, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK : Polity, 2016. ©2016
Description:	226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Future, The. Forecasting. Civilization -- Forecasting. Sociology. Civilization -- Forecasting. Forecasting. Future, The. Sociology.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10881299

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ISBN:	9780745696539 0745696538 9780745696546 0745696546 9780745696560 9780745696577
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-214) and index.
Other form:	Online version: Urry, John, author. What is the future? Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2016 9780745696560

Table of Contents:

Preface
1. Introduction: The Future Has Arrived
Part 1. A Brief History of the Future
2. Past Futures
3. New Catastrophic Futures
Part 2. Complex Systems and the Future
4. Time and Complex Systems
5. Innovating Futures
6. Methods for Making Futures
Part 3. Future Scenarios
7. Manufacturing Future Worlds
8. Cities on the Move
9. Climates
10. Conclusion: The Future of Futures
References
Index