Geocomplexity

Geocomplexity is a term used to describe a category of global issues in which social, political, military, and economic activities interact as a complex system and in which the dynamic nature of the issues make top-down, command-and-control, and reductionist management methods ineffective. Instead, geocomplexity calls for innovative, integrated, and holistic management approaches. See also deep ecology, system thinking, whole system design and bottom-up, biomimicry and cradle to cradle in the Eco Fashion Dictionary. Recommended on Chaos Theory In Ecology Quanta Magazine

How to design sustainable series:

• Systems thinking as an approach to sustainable design Part One
• Systems thinking as an approach to sustainable design Part Two

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