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Defining Complex Interdisciplinary Societal Problems

Author : Dorien J. DeTombe
Publisher : Thesis Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Defining Complex Interdisciplinary Societal Problems written by Dorien J. DeTombe and published by Thesis Publishers. This book was released on 1994 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complex interdisciplinary societal problems include problems such as the fast growth of metropolitan cities in the developing countries, global environmental problems, the AIDS problem, but also problems of the transport of goods and persons, and the communication of data. In all these cases, knowledge and data are often missing, and there is uncertainty as to how the problem is going to develop. In addition, there are often many people and organizations involved. many of these problems are either ill or undefined. Before interventions can be suggested, the problem needs to be defined. This study is a fundamental theoretical approach towards a method for defining these problems: the COMPRAM method. COMPRAM stands for complex problem analyzing method. The method is based on the theory of complex interdisciplinary societal problems, systems theory, and chaos theory. The method supports a co-operative multi- disciplinary team that analyzes the problem. The analysis is assisted by a facilitator. Working on the basis of the theories cited above, the communication among the multi-disciplinary team is supported by a seven layer computer model in which the main phenomena involved in the problem are expresses in different midels, from a verbal description to a system dynamic computer model.

Analyzing Complex Societal Problems

Author : Dorien J. DeTombe
Publisher : Rainer Hampp Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783879881895
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (818 download)

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Download or read book Analyzing Complex Societal Problems written by Dorien J. DeTombe and published by Rainer Hampp Verlag. This book was released on 1996 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Case Studies in Interdisciplinary Research

Author : Allen F. Repko
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1452235988
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Case Studies in Interdisciplinary Research written by Allen F. Repko and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2011-02-07 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Case Studies in Interdisciplinary Research successfully applies the model of the interdisciplinary research process outlined by author Allen F. Repko in Interdisciplinary Research, (SAGE ©2008) to a wide spectrum of challenging research questions. Self-contained case studies, written by leaders in interdisciplinary research, and utilizing best-practice techniques in conducting interdisciplinary research shows students how to apply the interdisciplinary research process to a variety of problems.

Handling Societal Complexity

Author : Dorien DeTombe
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3662439174
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Handling Societal Complexity written by Dorien DeTombe and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook for the Methodology of Societal Complexity describes the theoretical development of the field and lays the foundation for the application of the Compram Methodology in the context of addressing complex societal problems. As such, it offers a valuable resource for scientists, practitioners, politicians, master and PhD students in the fields of methodology, the social sciences, operational research, management and political science and for all others who are professionally involved in handling complex societal problems. These problems are the kind that fill the front page of quality newspapers; they have a huge impact on society, involve a variety of phenomena and actors, and are therefore difficult to handle. The structured Compram Methodology provides sound guidelines for handling real-life societal problems democratically, sustainably and transparently. Examples of the use of the Compram Methodology are provided in the domain of global safety with regard to healthcare, economics, climate change, terrorism, large city problems, large technological projects and floods. Complex societal problems must be treated as multi-disciplinary, multi-actor, multi-level and often as multi-continental issues. As such, they call for a multi-disciplinary and multi-actor approach that takes into account the emotional aspects of the problem and the problem handling process, including the micro, meso and macro level, which can be accomplished using the methods, models and tools from the field of the Methodology of Societal Complexity. The Compram Methodology improves the problem handling process and increases the quality of interventions and therefore the quality of life. Handling complex societal problems can reduce conflicts, save money and ultimately even save lives. Dorien J. DeTombe is an internationally recognized expert and founder of the Theory of the Methodology of Societal Complexity and the Compram Methodology.

Sustainable Development

Author : Elmar A. Stuhler
Publisher : Rainer Hampp Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783879884476
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (844 download)

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Book Synopsis Sustainable Development by : Elmar A. Stuhler

Download or read book Sustainable Development written by Elmar A. Stuhler and published by Rainer Hampp Verlag. This book was released on 2000 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Optimization: Techniques And Applications (Icota '95)

Author : G Z Liu
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814549150
Total Pages : 1718 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)

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Book Synopsis Optimization: Techniques And Applications (Icota '95) by : G Z Liu

Download or read book Optimization: Techniques And Applications (Icota '95) written by G Z Liu and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1995-09-01 with total page 1718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the advent of powerful computers and novel mathematical programming techniques, the multidisciplinary field of optimization has advanced to the stage that quite complicated systems can be addressed. The conference was organized to provide a platform for the exchange of new ideas and information and for identifying needs for future research. The contributions covered both theoretical techniques and a rich variety of case studies to which optimization can be usefully applied.

The International Handbook of Social Impact Assessment

Author : H. A. Becker
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781843768616
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (686 download)

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Download or read book The International Handbook of Social Impact Assessment written by H. A. Becker and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This book provides a valuable addition to the Social Impact Assessment (SIA) literature. While the volume addresses several good examples of "how to" case studies it also firmly addresses the importance of the need for firm conceptual and theoretical guidelines for SIA practice. . . the volume is an excellent contribution to the SIA literature and I highly recommend it to both practitioner and researcher alike.' – Geoff Syme, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 'An innovative collection which takes social impact assessment to the frontiers of environmental and social policy and citizen awareness. Unusually, this collection includes both sophisticated quantitative tools and equally important chapters on participation, stakeholder involvement and environmental mediation. A most valuable source book.' – Michael Redclift, King's College, London, UK Social Impact Assessment (SIA) is the process of analysing and managing the intended and unintended consequences on the human environment of planned interventions (policies, programmes, plans, projects) so as to bring about a more sustainable and equitable biophysical and human environment. This important Handbook presents an indispensable overview of the range of new methods and of the conceptual advances in SIA. Recent increased attention to social considerations has led to substantial development in the techniques useful to, and the thinking in, SIA. A distinguished group of contributors provides an up-to-date and comprehensive account of the cutting-edge in SIA development. This Handbook outlines a new understanding and definition of SIA and, as such, will be an invaluable reference tool for both practitioners and scholars at different levels working in the fields of SIA and environmental studies (including both impact assessment and management).

Selected Topics in Nonlinear Dynamics and Theoretical Electrical Engineering

Author : Kyandoghere Kyamakya
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642377815
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Book Synopsis Selected Topics in Nonlinear Dynamics and Theoretical Electrical Engineering by : Kyandoghere Kyamakya

Download or read book Selected Topics in Nonlinear Dynamics and Theoretical Electrical Engineering written by Kyandoghere Kyamakya and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a collection of recent advanced contributions in the field of nonlinear dynamics and synchronization, including selected applications in the area of theoretical electrical engineering. The present book is divided into twenty-one chapters grouped in five parts. The first part focuses on theoretical issues related to chaos and synchronization and their potential applications in mechanics, transportation, communication and security. The second part handles dynamic systems modelling and simulation with special applications to real physical systems and phenomena. The third part discusses some fundamentals of electromagnetics (EM) and addresses the modelling and simulation in some real physical electromagnetic scenarios. The fourth part mainly addresses stability concerns. Finally, the last part assembles some sample applications in the area of optimization, data mining, pattern recognition and image processing.

Complex Problem Solving

Author : Dorien J. DeTombe
Publisher : Rainer Hampp Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783879883561
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (835 download)

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Book Synopsis Complex Problem Solving by : Dorien J. DeTombe

Download or read book Complex Problem Solving written by Dorien J. DeTombe and published by Rainer Hampp Verlag. This book was released on 1999 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Complex Problem Solving

Author : Elmar A. Stuhler
Publisher : Rainer Hampp Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783879883554
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (835 download)

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Book Synopsis Complex Problem Solving by : Elmar A. Stuhler

Download or read book Complex Problem Solving written by Elmar A. Stuhler and published by Rainer Hampp Verlag. This book was released on 1999 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Social Impact Assessment

Author : Becker, Henk
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134220383
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Social Impact Assessment written by Becker, Henk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended for introductory courses in SIA within sociology, social policy, human geography and political science at postgraduate level. Specialist postgraduate and professional courses in policy- orientated social research and in social and general impact assessment.

Transportation Security Against Terrorism

Author : M. Tahmisoglu
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 1607504227
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Transportation Security Against Terrorism written by M. Tahmisoglu and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2009-04-29 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even a cursory review of the numerous hijacking, train and bus bombings can establish beyond doubt that transport systems are particularly vulnerable targets of terrorist attack. To confront and seek remedies for this problem the Transportation Security against Terrorism Advanced Research Workshop took place 05-06 May 2008 at the Merkez Officers’ Club conference venue in Ankara. Although the papers in this edition – which is an overview of the discussions held at the workshop – present diverse and interdisciplinary views, the need to better understand terrorism and its effects on transportation infrastructure emerges as a common view. Due to increased globalization transportation networks are becoming more and more accessible to a growing group of people, some with questionable intentions. Transportation systems are also becoming more and more interlinked with one another requiring fro states to cooperate both during crises and before emergency situations emerge. The editors hope that this book will lay the groundwork for a theoretical and practical understanding of the issues that surround transportation security against terrorism.

Spatial Economic Science

Author : Aura Reggiani
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642597874
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Spatial Economic Science written by Aura Reggiani and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the dawn of the twenty-first century comes the awareness that current rapid political-economic-social and technological transformations will affect our of living, by producing new forms of information, communications, common way market, work-style and leisure. In this context, human behaviour will certainly change its 'fixed' parameters. It is likely that the relationships between internal structures and external influences, between individual components and collective behaviour, as well as between multi-scale networks and interrelated dynamics, will show spatio-temporal patterns which will be difficult to predict by means of our usual tools. As a consequence, academic research is increasingly being required to play an active role in addressing new ways of understanding and forecasting the sets of interacting structures, ranging from the technical to the organizational, and from the social to the economic and political levels, while at the same time incorporating concerns about the 'new' economy, environment, society, information and technology. It is now evident that social science - especially spatial and economic scienc- needs innovative 'paths', together with continuous cross-fertilization among the many disciplines involved. In order to investigate these intriguing perspectives, we seem to have embarked on an era of methodological reflections - rather than developing strong theoretical foundations. This volume aims to provide an overview of these new insights and frontiers for theoretical/methodological studies and research applications in the space-economy.

Environmental Problem Solving

Author : Marjan Vezjak
Publisher : Rainer Hampp Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783879882595
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (825 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Problem Solving written by Marjan Vezjak and published by Rainer Hampp Verlag. This book was released on 1997 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS IN COASTAL URBAN AREAS

Author : Ahmed Z. Khan
Publisher : Sapienza Università Editrice
ISBN 13 : 8898533004
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS IN COASTAL URBAN AREAS written by Ahmed Z. Khan and published by Sapienza Università Editrice. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Social Thinking--software Practice

Author : Yvonne Dittrich
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262042048
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Social Thinking--software Practice written by Yvonne Dittrich and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays on the interrelationship of social science and software practice. Software practice--which includes software development, design, and use--needs to go beyond the traditional engineering framework. Drawing on a variety of social theory approaches, this book focuses on interdisciplinary cooperation in software practice. The topics discussed include the facilitation of collaborative software development, communication between developers and users, and the embedding of software systems in organizations.

Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies

Author : Allen F. Repko
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1506346901
Total Pages : 551 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies written by Allen F. Repko and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Edition provides a comprehensive introduction to interdisciplinary studies with an approach that is succinct, conceptual, and practical. Completely updated to reflect advances in the literature on research, learning, and assessment, the book describes the role of both disciplines and interdisciplinarity within the academy, and how these have evolved. Authors Allen F. Repko, Rick Szostak, and Michelle Phillips Buchberger effectively show students how to think like interdisciplinarians in order to facilitate their working with topics, complex problems, or themes that span multiple disciplines.