Introducing Complexity and Sustainability

Angela Espinosa and Jon Walker

Chapter 1 in A Complexity Approach to Sustainability:Theory and Application, 2017, pp 1-49 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:IntroductionMajor Sustainability Challenges in the 21st CenturyThe Need for a Paradigm Shift: Introducing Complex Systems ApproachesManaging Complexity in Organizational SystemsSystems ThinkingComplex SystemsOrganizational CyberneticsComplementarities and Differences between Complex Systems Approaches to ManagementComplexity Approaches and Sustainability ResearchGovernance and SustainabilityHolistic and Ecological ThinkingA Systemic Approach to SustainabilityRevisiting the Idea of Sustainability from a Complexity ApproachGovernance for SustainabilitySummary

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
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