Trends and Outlooks

-- a university of arizona course on methods and approaches for studying the future

Trends can help you understand the future, and to develop your driving forces. These are examples of trend information that is available. Look on Internet via a search engine for other topics of special interest (use 'trends' and whatever your subject area is). There is also information available on a range of specific topics.

Sites that provide current key trends and future outlook results

Institute for the Future (brief 10 year forecast done annually)

Battelle (technology forecasts)

Resources for the Future (Research areas with summaries - focused on environment)

Occupational Outlook (US Bureau of Labor careers and emerging trends)

 

Related futures references on this site

Futures related organizations (organizations that deal with the future)

Foresight Links (techniques and site for more information)

Futures related sites and resources (representative range of site types)

List of links by developed by others (different people collect different links)

References to specific topics (information sources on specific topics)

Tour 2 - Futures relevant web sites overview

 

Sites that provide trend information

Futures related organizations (organizations that deal with the future)

World Agriculture - Trends and Indicators

Forecasts for 21st Century (by Futurecasts)

Global Trends 2015: A Dialogue about the future with nongovernment experts (by CIA in Dec 2000)

Global Trends 2005

U.S. Environmental Trends (EPA)

 

Sites that provide data for you to develop your own trends

Gateway to Statistics from Federal Agencies

Earth Trends - the Environmental Information Portal (WRI)

UN University Millennium Project

Population Data (Population Reference Bureau)

Population Data (U.S. Census Bureau)

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD - Statistics)

World Trends Dataset Guide

Worldwatch Institute

State of the Future (Millennium Project of UN University)

World Bank

United Nations