Thinking in systems : a primer /
"Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute's Diana Wright, this primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tan...
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White River Junction, Vt. :
Chelsea Green Pub.,
c2008.
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| Online-ссылка: | Table of contents only |
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Оглавление:
- Introduction: The systems lens Part I: System structure and behavior. The basics ; A brief visit to the systems zoo Part II: Systems and us. Why systems work so well ; Why systems surprise us ; System traps, and opportunities Part III: Creating change in systems and in our philosophy. Leverage points: places to intervene in a system ; Living in a world of systems Appendix: System definitions: a glossary ; Summary of system principles ; Springing the system traps ; Places to intervene in a system ; Guidelines for living in a world of systems ; Model equations.