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Thinking in systems : a primer

Donella H. Meadows, Diana Wright
Offers insight for problem-solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. This primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to develop the systems-thinking skills that thought leaders across the globe consider critical for 21st-century life.
eBook, English, 2008
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Earthscan, London, 2008
1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages) : illustrations
9781844077250, 9781844077267, 9781849773386, 184407725X, 1844077268, 1849773386
829111050
Analyse de systèmes Méthodes de simulation
Critical thinking Simulation methods
Decision making Simulation methods
Développement durable Méthodes de simulation
Développement économique Aspect de l'environnement Méthodes de simulation
Economic development Environmental aspects Simulation methods
Environmental education Simulation methods
Pensée critique Méthodes de simulation
Pollution Economic aspects Simulation methods
Population Aspect économique Méthodes de simulation
Population Economic aspects Simulation methods
Prise de décision Méthodes de simulation
Sciences sociales Méthodes de simulation
Social sciences Simulation methods
Sustainable development Simulation methods
System analysis Simulation methods
Introduction * Systems Structures and Behaviour * The Basics * A Brief Visit to the Systems Zoo * Systems and Us * Why Systems Work So Well * Why Systems Surprise Us * System Traps and Opportunities * Creating Change in Systems and Philosophy* Leverage Points - Places to Intervene in a System * Living in a World of Systems *Appendices * Index
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