) water use by households and industry, and (iii) new water products and services. Furthermore, trends, weak signals and wild … cards identified in the course of the study, as well as their implications on water resources in Russia are discussed. The …

and about imaginative or potential wild cards, both considered to be potential storylines for future development or events … discourse. He describes strong “future” narratives and gives special attention those that include imaginative wild cards. The … benefit of society. The argument is that strong imaginative wild cards under the right conditions can have a powerful shaping …

social divide — between the users of such technologies and people lacking access to them. Finally, it discusses some wild … cards that may cause future surprises and shocks, i.e. machines that can control a human-excluded world, a virtual level of …

combinations), regarded as “weak signals”, inspired ideas for potential “wild cards”. In a subsequent workshop, which employed a …

surprising and potentially damaging events. In order to do so we use the wild card management system. Wild cards refer to sudden … two components of such a wild card system we advocate a weak signal methodology to take into account those wild cards that …