Complexity and sustainability

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Complex dynamic system studies have been studied explicitly in the natural sciences, and most only implicitly throughout other fields. Yet much great social theory and philosophy is in fact based in complexity, and important concepts like postmodernism, risk, and collapse all stem from complexity. Six key terms are explored: nonlinearity, feedbacks, thresholds, hierarchies, emergence and self-organization, and dozens of related principles are discussed, with a focus on uncertainty, risk, vulner…

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Full title :Complexity and sustainability / Jennifer Wells.

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Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xiii, 350 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780203095676, 0203095677, 9781136215315, 113621531X, 9781283605854, 1283605856
oclc:ocn810933055
LC Classification:Q175.32.C65
Dewey Decimal:003

Introduction -- Elucidating complexity theories -- Complexity in the natural sciences -- Complexity in social theory -- Towards transdisciplinarity -- Complexity in philosophy: complexification and the limits to knowledge -- Complexity in ethics -- Earth in the anthropocene -- Complexity and climate change -- American dreams, ecological nightmares and new visions -- Complexity and sustainability: wicked problems, gordian knots and synergistic solutions -- Conclusion.

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Biotic communities Complexité (Philosophie) Complexity (Philosophy) Environmentalism Environnementalisme Science -- System Theory social systems System theory Systèmes sociaux TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Operations R… Théorie des systèmes