A Complexity Approach to Sustainability:Theory and Application

Angela Espinosa and Jon Walker
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Angela Espinosa: Hull University Business School, UK
Jon Walker: Independent Researcher, UK

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Abstract: Business sustainability and sustainable development are of great importance in modern-day socio-economic study. Despite this, the impact of recent contributions from systems and complexity sciences in addressing these issues has not yet filtered down into effective practice. This book argues that there is a need for urgency in the application of analytical tools which embody the principles of complexity management in sustainability research, in particular in the context of the global climate change. The approach presented is based on the concept of clusters of whole systems coming together through collaboration, in order to create larger wholes capable of dealing with the issues facing our socio-economic environmental systems.

Keywords: Sustainable Development; Operations Management; Complexity Science; Climate Change; Viability and Sustaibility; Management Systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
ISBN: 9781786342034
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introducing Complexity and Sustainability , pp 1-49

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Ch 2 Viability through Complexity Management: Revisiting the Viable Systems Model , pp 51-107

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Ch 3 Societies as Viable Systems: Self-governance and Sustainability , pp 109-163

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Ch 4 Toward More Sustainable Businesses , pp 165-248

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Ch 5 Viable and Sustainable Networks , pp 249-313

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Ch 6 Rethinking Sustainable Development , pp 315-386

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Ch 7 Envisioning Solutions for the Required Societal Transition , pp 387-458

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Ch 8 Conclusions , pp 459-472

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Ch 9 Appendices , pp 473-492

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