Evolutionary Dynamics and Sustainable Development: A Systems Approach - Couverture rigide

Clark, Norman; Perez-Trejo, Francisco; Allen, Peter

 
9781858982731: Evolutionary Dynamics and Sustainable Development: A Systems Approach
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1858982731 ISBN 13 : 9781858982731
Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

The strategic management of socio-economic systems is becoming increasingly difficult with traditional economic models which are unable to handle environmental and technological factors.

In Evolutionary Dynamics and Sustainable Development, Norman Clark, Francisco Perez-Trejo and Peter Allen offer a new approach which emphasizes the evolutionary nature of socio-economic systems. 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 discussion includes the use of decision tools which can simultaneously handle spatial and temporal evolution. The authors 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 summarized in the last chapter.

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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À propos de l'auteur

Norman Clark, Director, Graduate School of Envrionmental Studies, University of Strathclyde, UK, Francisco Perez-Trejo, WAICENT Manager, Rome, Italy and Peter Allen, School of Management, Cranfield University, UK

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Éditeur
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1858982731
ISBN 13 
9781858982731
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
196
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Personne responsable
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