Clark, WilliamToth, F.L.Hizsnyik, E.2020-01-291989-06Toth. F.L., E. Hizsnyik and W.C. Clark (1989). Scenarios of Socioeconomic Development for Studies of Global Environmental Change: A Critical Review. IIASA Research Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: RR-89-004http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:42333703RR-89-004 Laxenburg, AustriaThis study (1) critically reviews existing studies of global trends in population, agriculture, and energy with a view toward showing which studies are most useful for which sorts of studies of global environmental change and sustainable development. (2) Synthesizes a single, internally consistent scenario of global changes in population, agriculture, and energy over the next century for use as a "conventional wisdom" reference case for such studies. (3) Creates a number of "surprise-rich" scenarios of world development for use in exploring unconventional, but not impossible, patterns of human activities that might be useful for exploring the outer limits of global environmental change.en-USConference Paper2020-01-29