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Systems for sustainability

people, organizations, and environments

edited byFrank A StowellRay IsonRosalind ArmsonJacky HollowaySue Jackson

Abstract

The term "sustainability" has entered the lexicon of many academic disciplines and fields of professional practice, but to date does not appear to have been seriously consid­ ered within the systems community unless, perhaps, under other guises. Within the wider community there is no consensus around what sustainability means with some authors identifying 70 to 100 definitions of the term. Some see sustainability as the precise and quantifiable outcomes of biological systems whilst others see it in terms of processes rele­ vant to personal and organizational change with the potential to effect changes in our rela­ tionships with out environments. Internationally it has been increasingly used in relation to the term "sustainable development"--a term popularised by the Brundland Commis­ of definitions sion's report in 1987 entitled "Our Common Future. " Despite this diversity and polarised perception on its utility, unlike many other popular terms, it has not had its time and subsided quietly from our language. It is therefore timely for the systems com­ munity to explore the relationship between systems and sustainability in a range of con­ texts. Participants in this, the 5th International Conference of the United Kingdom Systems Society (UKSS), have been invited to reflect critically on the contribution of sys­ tems thinking and action to sustainability-to the sustainability of personal relationships, the organizations in which live and work, and our "natural" environment.

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Learning to persist Richard Bawden

pp.1-5

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Politics for sustainability Margaret Blunden

pp.7-13

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_2
Requirements analysis for information systems Enid Mumford

pp.15-20

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_3
Using systems for sustainability in the context of agenda 21 Christine Blackmore

pp.21-26

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_4
Coping with environmental uncertainty by social learning Susan CarrLes Levidow

pp.27-31

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_5
Putting sustainability into practice in agricultural research for development P. G. CoxN. D. MacLeodA. D. Shulman

pp.33-38

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_6
Proletkul't, revolution, and tektology Peter DudleySimona Pustylnik

pp.39-42

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_7
The integration of systemic and scientific thinking in the development of an innovative process for environmental management James FredericksonNorah Frederickson

pp.43-49

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_8
The practical use of systems methodologies in environmental management W. E. Hutchinson

pp.51-56

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_9
Sustainability and systems thinking Paul JeffreyRoger SeatonMark Lemon

pp.57-62

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_10
Sustainable intervention Wei Hua Jin

pp.63-66

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_11
Sustainable transport development in developing countries C. Jotin Khisty

pp.67-72

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_12
The assessment and management of wildlife areas Andrew LaneSue Oreszczyn

pp.73-77

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_13
Emergent practice in agricultural research David McClintockStephany KerstenRay Ison

pp.79-83

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_14
Movement and sustainability Ingrid Molderez

pp.85-90

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_15
The technology of sustainable agricultural systems R. M. Morris

pp.91-95

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_16
Sustainability and viability Neil StewartGerard Lewis

pp.97-102

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_17
The invisible practitioner or the holistic practitioner? Rosalind Armson

pp.103-108

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_18
Occupational therapy Martin BooyGail Boniface

pp.109-113

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_19
If system thinkers are all so smart, why ain't we rich? Peter Crossley

pp.115-118

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_20
Sustainability of systems thinking and practice in organisations J. P. Drinan

pp.119-124

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_21
Modern academic myths Joyce FortuneJohn Hughes

pp.125-130

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_22
In what sense do systems exist? Martin Frické

pp.131-136

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_23
Systemic approaches and contingent actions in consultancy intervention John Hassall

pp.137-140

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_24
Modelling the process of deciding in real world problems Athena Marouda-ChatjoulisPatrick Humphreys

pp.141-146

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_25
Doing research in the social domain Martha Vahl

pp.147-152

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_26
Virtual self, virtual mind, virtual world

sustainable future?

Elizabeth White

pp.153-156

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_27
Critical theory, Carl Jung, and symbo-construction in soft systems rich pictures Mark Campbell Williams

pp.157-162

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_28
Where is the observer in it strategy and systems? Steve ArmstrongAidan Ward

pp.163-169

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_29
A systems view of teaching and learning Simon BellAndrew Lane

pp.171-176

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_30
Freeing lifelong learning systems from teaching systems thinking Sylvia M. Brown

pp.177-183

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_31
Evaluating a learning organisations initiative Sylvia M. Brown

pp.185-190

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_32
Designing sustainable sporting organisations John Davies

pp.191-197

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_33
Life-long learning ok!

but to what future learning agenda?

Gordon Dyer

pp.199-204

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_34
Charting change—the use of systems concepts in distance learning based management education across Europe Eion FarmerJacky Holloway

pp.205-210

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_35
Application of a data mining system as an aid to organisational learning Colquhoun-John Ferguson

pp.211-215

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_36
Towards a proposal to study the policy making process at the basic educational level in Colombia Nidia Gil

pp.217-220

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_37
The contribution of evaluation to organizational learning Amanda Gregory

pp.221-226

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_38
Exploring parallels between Quaker beliefs and systems theory Misha Hebel-Holehouse

pp.227-231

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_39
Systems, crafts, and sustainability J. G. HowellJ. G. Gammack

pp.233-238

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_40
Autopoiesis Jon-Arild Johannessen

pp.239-243

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_41
Systems thinking in U.K. film units Linda LudwinDavid Wield

pp.245-249

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_42
Bridging the "output-outcome" gap in sustainability R and D N. D. MacLeodA. D. Shulman

pp.251-256

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_43
Learner-centred evaluation of systems, systems courses, and future needs in systems learning Paul MaitenyRay Ison

pp.257-262

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_44
The learning cycle-action learning The WL Group 1996Penny MarringtonJerry MeekAlfredo MoscardiniJim Rowe

pp.263-270

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_45
A conceptual framework for self-organization and merging processes in social systems Gianfranco MinatiEliano Pessa

pp.271-275

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_46
We've said it's a learning organisation but does it know (and what is it anyway)? Joy Murray

pp.277-283

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_47
Time for a new language, a new discourse Elizabeth McMillan Parsons

pp.285-291

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_48
Towards information systems sustainability in community organisations using an organisational learning approach Nick Plant

pp.293-298

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0265-8_49

Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Dordrecht

Year: 1997

Pages: 298

ISBN (hardback): 978-1-4899-0267-2

ISBN (digital): 978-1-4899-0265-8

Full citation:

Stowell Frank A, Ison Ray, Armson Rosalind, Holloway Jacky, Jackson Sue (1997) Systems for sustainability: people, organizations, and environments. Dordrecht, Springer.