| Description |
xviii, 175 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Modelling Sustainable Development -- 2. The Nature of Systems -- 3. Economic Systems -- 4. Spatial Modelling -- 5. The Model as a Decision Tool (A Crete Case Study) -- 6. An Agenda for the Future -- Appendix I An Exploration of Complex Economic Systems Modelling for Strategic Planning -- Appendix II VENSIM: A Modelling Environment |
| Summary |
Defining development as a process of structural change in economic systems rather than in terms of economic output, this volume will be welcomed for its advocacy of non-linear models as decision tools and for its special reference to issues of economic development and environmental stability in Third World countries |
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In Evolutionary Dynamics and Sustainable Development Norman Clark, Francisco Perez-Trejo and Peter Allen offer a new approach which emphasises the evolutionary nature of socio-economic systems. Their discussion includes the use of decision tools which can simultaneously handle spatial and temporal evolution. This major book begins with a critical evaluation of conventional economic approaches to development planning and then explores how modern general systems theory can show economic development as a process of structural change. The authors then develop a model which they explore through case studies of both Senegal and Crete. The model is combined with risk analysis to show how it can be used in computer-based scenarios, before its properties as an aid to decision making are summarised in the last chapter |
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The strategic management of socio-economic systems is becoming increasingly difficult to manage with traditional economic models which are unable to handle environmental and technological factors |
| Analysis |
Economic conditions Related to Environment |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-166) and index |
| Subject |
Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) -- Mathematical models.
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Sustainable development -- Mathematical models.
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| Author |
Allen, Peter M. (Peter Murray), 1944-
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Perez-Trejo, Francisco.
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| LC no. |
95013219 |
| ISBN |
1858982731 |
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