Planners and futurists can co‐engineer time bridges

Abstract

The most apparent difference between planning and futurism is their respective time horizons. Whereas corporate plans span, on an average, three to seven years, many prospective futures studies cover between ten and thirty years. The most obvious bridge could be built by stretching the planning time period and shrinking that of futurism, so that part of their projections would overlap.

Citation

van Dam, A. (1977), "Planners and futurists can co‐engineer time bridges", Planning Review, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 21-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb053786