Technology Assessment in a Dynamic Environment
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 1. October 2026
Book
Hardback
1048 pages
978-1-041-38616-2 (ISBN)
Description
Technology Assessment may be defined as a systematic forecasting process that yields options, costs, and benefits of a new technology with special focus on the secondary and higher order effects of that technology.
The world's leading authorities on Technology Assessment have contributed to Technology Assessment in a Dynamic Environment (originally published in 1973). The state of the art in the United States and elsewhere is discussed together with the methods available and proposed for conducting Technology Assessments. Representative case studies are presented with analyses of their strengths and weaknesses.
The world's leading authorities on Technology Assessment have contributed to Technology Assessment in a Dynamic Environment (originally published in 1973). The state of the art in the United States and elsewhere is discussed together with the methods available and proposed for conducting Technology Assessments. Representative case studies are presented with analyses of their strengths and weaknesses.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Postgraduate
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-041-38616-2 (9781041386162)
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Persons
Marvin J Cetron and Bodo Bartocha
Content
Foreword Preface Part I - Technology Assessment in Various Parts of the World 1. Technology Assessment: A Layman's Overview 2. Technology Assessment in Great Britain 3. Technology Assessment in the U.S.S.R. or The Science of Science: A Basis for The Effective Management of Scientific Activity 4. Technology Assessment in Sweden 5. Technology Assessment in Israel 6. Technology Assessment in Japan 7. Technology Assessment in Canada 8. Technology Assessment: Seen from the Smaller Country 9. Technology Assessment in France 10. Technological Forecasting, Assessment and Industrial Development in Europe and the U.S. 11. Technology Assessment in Germany 12. A Method for Planning and Assessing Technology Against Relevant National Goals 13. Interdisciplinary Considerations in Sponsoring Technology Assessments 14. Jamaica Bay / Kennedy Airport: Anatomy of a Technological Assessment 15. Technology Assessment: An Instrument for Goal Formulation and the Selection of Problem Areas 16. The Scope and Limits of Technology Assessment 17. The Environment: A Systems Approach with Emphasis on Monitoring 18. The Future Environment for Technology Assessment 19. Towards a Humanized Technology - How Rational is Technology Assessment? 20. Shifts in National Priorities, Economic Growth, and Requirements for Scientists and Engineers 21. The Social Responsibility of Business or the Changing Role of Goals in Corporate and R&D Planning 22. How Men Can Shape Their Future 23. U.S. Executive Agencies and Technology Assessment 24. The Requirements of Technology Assessment Part II - Methodological Considerations 25. Introducing Societal Indicators into Technology Assessment 26. Technology Assessment; Some Economic Aspects: The Contribution of Research and Development to Economic Growth in the United States 27. The Role of Law and Lawyers in Technology Assessment 28. Measurement and Technology Assessment 29. Utilization of Cross-Impact in Technology Assessment 30. The Trimatrix - An Integration Technique for Technology Assessment 31. A Macro-Assessment Methodology Part III - Case Studies 32. Technology Assessment and Policy-Making in the United States 33. A Preliminary Technology Assessment of Solid State Microwave Devices 34. Benefit-Cost Studies in Socio-Technical Systems 35. Technological Alternatives for Enhanced Urban Uses of Water and Related Land Resources 36. Food Production Wastes - Summary of a Case Study of a Systems Approach to Research Program Planning 37. Methodology for Technological Assessment - Case Study Experience in the United States Part IV - The Future of Technology Assessment 38. Technological Forecasting in Technology Assessment 39. Four American Futures: Reflections on the Role of Planning 40. Relating the Impacts of Technology to the Roles of Agencies 41. The Future of Technology Assessment in Policy Formulation 42. Some Modest Conclusions on the Future of Technology Assessment