Chapter 5
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Meadows, Donella H.
Thinking in systems : a primer / Donella H. Meadows ; edited by Diana Wright.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-6035-8148-6
1. System analysis--Simulation methods 2. Decision making--Simulation methods 3. Critical thinking--Simulation methods 4. Sustainable development--Simulation methods. 5. Social sciences-Simulation methods. 6. Economic development--Environmental aspects--Simulation methods. 7. Population--Economic aspects--Simulation methods. 8. Pollution--Economic aspects--Simulation methods. 9. Environmental education--Simulation methods. I. Wright, Diana. II. Title.
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Part of this work has been adapted from an article originally published under the title “Whole Earth Models and Systems” in Coevolution Quarterly (Summer 1982). An early version of Chapter 6 appeared as “Places to Intervene in a System” in Whole Earth Review (Winter 1997) and later as an expanded paper published by the Sustainability Institute. Chapter 7, “Living in a World of Systems,” was originally published as “Dancing with Systems” in Whole Earth Review (Winter 2001).