Systems (May 2013)

Special Issue: Systems Education for a Sustainable Planet

  • Ockie Bosch,
  • Robert Y. Cavana

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/systems1020027
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. 27 – 28

Abstract

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We live in a world in which complexity characterizes all human endeavors today, such as healthcare, economic development, environmental protection, gender relationships, poverty, mental health, business management and social responsibility (just to name a few). The issues facing our world have become increasingly complex due to the fact that they are embedded in a global web of ecological, economic, social, cultural and political processes and dynamic interactions. These complex problems and challenges cannot anymore be addressed and solved in isolation and with the single dimensional mindsets and tools of the past.

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