Quantitative Methods for Long-Range Environmental Forecasting: Long- Range European Projections. Volume 1. Summary Volume

Abstract

The overall purpose of this Interim Technical Report is to provide a basis for the improvement of long-range environmental forecasting through the use of quantitative methods. This voulme provides a summary of the technical work that is presented in the second volume of the Report. The document summarizes the methodology that was developed to forecast values of 5 central environmental descriptors for the European environment of the 1985-19995 period. The descriptors considered were: international conflict, international alignment, national power base, internal instability, and international trade. Forecasts of these descriptor variables are also provided. The document also describes Volume III (the Research Guide) of the Interim Technical Report. The Guide presents a step by step procedure that analysts can use to generate longrange environmental forecasts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA022657

Entities

People

  • Aaron P Greenberg
  • Douglas Hartwick
  • G. R. Franco
  • Herman M. Weil
  • Larry German

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • East Germany
  • Indian Ocean
  • International Conflicts
  • International Relations
  • International Trade
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Regression Analysis
  • Reliability
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • West Germany
  • Western Europe

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Regression Analysis.