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International Futures

By Kieron L Jones, on 17 April 2009

International Futures Initiated by Dr. Barry B. Hughes of the University of Denver and now kept up to date by the Pardee Center at the same institution, International Futures is freely available global modelling software aimed at students. It recreates ‘demographic, economic, energy, agricultural, socio-political, and environmental subsystems for 183 countries interacting in the global system’ and the aim of the software is to ‘facilitate exploration of global futures through alternative scenarios’. Date coverage of the data is from 1960 onwards. The website also gives access to the full text (in PDF format) of forecasting volumes from the Patterns of Potential Human Progress project as well as a number of reports about International Futures. There is guidance for new users and an online help system. A community forum is also available to discuss topics in greater depth. The software is available for download and can be used on PCs with MS Windows. Alternatively, you can use an online version.
Source: LIS-SOCIALSCIENCE@JISCMAIL.AC.UK

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