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Complexity and sustainability [electronic resource] / Jennifer Wells.

By: Wells, Jennifer, 1969-Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge studies in ecological economics ; 26.Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2013. Description: xiii, 350 pISBN: 9780203095676 (e-book : PDF)Subject(s): Complexity (Philosophy) | Environmentalism | Ecosystems | Social systems | System theoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Click here to access online Also available in print edition.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Elucidating complexity theories -- 3. Complexity in the natural sciences -- 4. Complexity in social theory -- 5. Towards transdisciplinarity -- 6. Complexity in philosophy : complexification and the limits to knowledge -- 7. Complexity in ethics -- 8. Earth in the anthropocene -- 9. Complexity and climate change -- 10. American dreams, ecological nightmares, and new visions -- 11. Complexity and sustainability : wicked problems, Gordian knots, and synergistic solutions -- 12. Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [328]-337) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Elucidating complexity theories -- 3. Complexity in the natural sciences -- 4. Complexity in social theory -- 5. Towards transdisciplinarity -- 6. Complexity in philosophy : complexification and the limits to knowledge -- 7. Complexity in ethics -- 8. Earth in the anthropocene -- 9. Complexity and climate change -- 10. American dreams, ecological nightmares, and new visions -- 11. Complexity and sustainability : wicked problems, Gordian knots, and synergistic solutions -- 12. Conclusion.

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