Introduction
Abstract
The massive development in information and communications technol-ogy, together with economic reforms in the developing nations over the last two decades, have made responsible futures research more urgent and certainly more challenging. The new opportunities for responsible futures research in Asia are wide for scholars (Lele and Goswami 2011; Hean 2012; Desker 2012). It is clear that almost all developing nations of Asia have been achieving high to moderate growth over the last two decades, thanks to economic globalization and the information revolution, which have created more opportunities for trade in this region. Now ...
View more >The massive development in information and communications technol-ogy, together with economic reforms in the developing nations over the last two decades, have made responsible futures research more urgent and certainly more challenging. The new opportunities for responsible futures research in Asia are wide for scholars (Lele and Goswami 2011; Hean 2012; Desker 2012). It is clear that almost all developing nations of Asia have been achieving high to moderate growth over the last two decades, thanks to economic globalization and the information revolution, which have created more opportunities for trade in this region. Now is the right time to identify new areas of research with a view to address Asia’s devel-opment challenges of the twenty- first century, which is also widely known as the Asian century.
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View more >The massive development in information and communications technol-ogy, together with economic reforms in the developing nations over the last two decades, have made responsible futures research more urgent and certainly more challenging. The new opportunities for responsible futures research in Asia are wide for scholars (Lele and Goswami 2011; Hean 2012; Desker 2012). It is clear that almost all developing nations of Asia have been achieving high to moderate growth over the last two decades, thanks to economic globalization and the information revolution, which have created more opportunities for trade in this region. Now is the right time to identify new areas of research with a view to address Asia’s devel-opment challenges of the twenty- first century, which is also widely known as the Asian century.
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Book Title
The Asian Century, Sustainable Growth and Climate Change: Responsible Futures Matter
Subject
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Business
Environmental Studies