Envisioning Solutions for the Required Societal Transition

Angela Espinosa and Jon Walker

Chapter 7 in A Complexity Approach to Sustainability:Theory and Application, 2017, pp 387-458 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:The Required Societal TransitionReflections at Each Level of OrganizationDefining the Levels of RecursionFrom Individuals to Families, Neighborhoods, Communities, and TownsRecursion 1: An Individual Attempting to Live SustainablyTheoretical Case Study: An Individual in Pinecone PartnershipRecursion 2: A Family Unit Attempting to Live SustainablyRecursion 3: The Neighborhood/Community Attempting to Live SustainablyRecursion 4: A Town or Village Attempting to Live SustainablyCase Study: Transition TownsCase Study: Transition StreetsCase Study: Designing a New AgoraThe Commons and the Work of Elinor OstromIdentification of the Five SystemsPatterns of Relationships between the Five SystemsFrom the Eco-region to the Continental LevelsRecursion 5: An Eco-region Attempting to Live SustainablyRecursion 6: A Nation Attempting to Live SustainablyCase Study: Transition ManagementCase Study: Transition Management in the NetherlandsCase Study: Managing Complexity in the Transition NetworkRecursion 7: A Continent Striving Toward SustainabilityThe Global Recursion: A Planetary Society Striving toward SustainabilityGlobal Recursion: Co-evolution with the EnvironmentCase Study: “Cap and Share”Summary

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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