John B. Robinson

ThinkersEnvironmental policy scholar

Works

  • Energy Backcasting: A Proposed Method of Policy Analysis, Energy Policy 10(4), 1982

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Known for

Coined backcasting in 1982: define a desirable future first, then work backward to the policies and steps that would connect it to the present, the reverse of forecasting from current trends.

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