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Ready stock. Please direct order.. Author: Donella h. Meadows
Publishers, year: Chelsea green publishing, year: 2008
English.
Soft cover 18.5x25.7cm
Imperial paper book paper
Color cover
Black and white content
New
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In the years following his role as the leading author of international bestseller, Limits to growth the first book to show the consequences of uncontrolled growth on the limited planet donella meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001
Thinking in systems, is a compact and crucial book offering insight into problem solving on scales ranging from personal to global. Edited by the sustainability institute, Diana wright., This important primary brings the idea of the system out of the computer realm and equations and into the real world, Showing readers how to develop system thinking skills that world leaders think are important to the 21st. Life of the century.
Some of the biggest problems facing world war ii, hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation are essentially system failures. They cannot be solved by repairing one part separately from the other, as even small details seem to have great power to weaken the best efforts of too narrow thinking.
While the reader will study the conceptual tools and methods of system thinking, the core of the book is greater than methodology. Donella meadows is known for maintaining positive results as she studied the science behind the global dilemma. He reminded the reader to pay attention to what is important, not just what can be measured, to remain humble, and to remain a learner.
