Connecting the Dots in the Forest Futures Horizon Scanning Database: An Initial Analysis

David N. N. Bengston; Nicole Zimmerman; Kurt Callaway

doi:10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-187-paper3

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Connecting the Dots in the Forest Futures Horizon Scanning Database: An Initial Analysis

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Authors:

David N. N. Bengston, Nicole Zimmerman, Kurt Callaway

Year:

2019

Type:

Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-187-paper3

Source:

In: Hines, Andy; Bengston, David N.; Dockry, Michael J., comps. The Forest Futures Horizon Scanning project. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-187. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 22-28.

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Abstract

A vital step in any ongoing horizon scanning process is periodically analyzing the growing database of scanning hits to identify emerging issues, provide insight into possible implications of these issues, and generate foresight. This paper is a preliminary and partial effort to "connect the dots" in the Forest Futures Horizon Scanning system. We examine the descriptive tags associated with each scanning hit as a way to characterize the database, and then describe several themes that have emerged from multiple scanning hits.

Parent Publication

The Forest Futures Horizon Scanning project

Citation

Bengston, David N.; Zimmerman, Nicole; Callaway, Kurt. 2019. Connecting the Dots in the Forest Futures Horizon Scanning Database: An Initial Analysis. In: Hines, Andy; Bengston, David N.; Dockry, Michael J., comps. The Forest Futures Horizon Scanning project. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-187. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 22-28. https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-187-paper3.https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-187-paper3.