Foresight: Volume 5 Issue 6
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The journal of future studies, strategic thinking and policyTable of contents
Preparing for the future: Queensland 2020
Leona Reif, Nusch Herman, Genevieve GravesBy applying a futures approach to ageing of the population, Queensland has the opportunity to plan for changing aspirations of all of society – working to achieve…
Ageing: alternative futures and policy choices
Sohail InayatullahAgeing is a fundamental issue for the future of the planet. An ageing society challenges basic assumptions of modern culture and political economy. This paper explores…
A framework for intergenerational planning
Mel Miller, Ian SigginsTerms such as “intergenerational planning”, “intergenerational redistribution”, “intergenerational equity” and “intergenerational accounting” have all gained currency in…
An ageing perspective
Helen BartlettThe consequences of population ageing for Australia are increasingly debated at a national and state level. Ageing issues on the policy agenda now reflect the need to take…
Youth voices: young Queenslanders’ values in a time of structural ageing
Marcus BusseyA key aspect of the debate on structural ageing is the views of young people. This article, commissioned as one of the stimulus papers for the Queensland Government…
City of the aged versus City of all ages
Phillip DaffaraIn this article I deconstruct the polar cultural myths about ageing and how these two influencing memes generate two contrasting scenarios for the future of the city. One…
Women’s working futures – views, policies and choices
Monika MerkesChanges in the economy, workforce, technology, population and family structures have implications for women’s working futures. Longer life expectancy and an increasing…
Ageing: a personal futures perspective
Verne WheelwrightFutures research is commonly reported on the macro scale, and involves analysis of a global or national situation with a long‐range view of trends and alternative futures…
Liberating imagination about ageing
Bliss W. BrowneWe are in the midst of a positive ageing revolution and a revolution in the workplace as well. We’ve been given a whole extra generation of life to use in a new way. How…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Ozcan Saritas