scholarly journals Complexity Theory Living Systems and Sustainable Development

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Aaron W. Kadoch ◽  
Joy Kcenia O’Neil
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Living Systems

The Holistic Urban Planning Approach of Urban Sustainable Development

2011 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 58-61
Author(s):  
Hong Xu
Keyword(s):  
Complex System ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Harmonious Society ◽  
Development Patterns ◽  
Urban Sustainable Development ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
Holistic Analysis ◽  
The City

The lacking of holistic analysis in urban planning is urgent in China. This paper start from complexity theory to analyze and study the urban development patterns in urban planning of China cities. This paper analyzes the need of holistic analysis in the process of urban planning. This need is very important for the current process of urban modernization and the building of harmonious society in China. As discussed in this paper, we must make an effort to improve urban planning by virtue of choosing a very clear direction according to the nature of urban planning. From the perspective of different disciplines to understand the city and urban planning, we can able to make a complex system of our city and complex understanding of things deviation reduced, and finally effectively promote the development of the city.

Reflecting on Our Times: Valuing Transformative Leadership in Real-World “Living Systems”

2021 ◽  
pp. 109821402098207
Author(s):  
John Atkinson ◽  
Florence Lasbennes ◽  
David Nabarro
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Transformative Leadership ◽  
Living Systems ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Key Aspects

We present this brief reflection on key aspects of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the implications of the worldwide focus on achieving the sustainable development goals as external observers of the evaluation endeavor around the world. We have conducted and participated in evaluations, but it is not our primary field of work and we are not engaged in the global community of evaluation specialists. However, we believe that the urgency of the challenges confronting the world today should inspire those influencing and shaping evaluation internationally to focus much more fiercely on the value of evaluation and its implications for leadership at all levels and in all fields of work. We propose that evaluation as practice should support and help inspire, value, and evaluate the type of leadership that the world needs now—dynamic and purposeful “living systems” leaders working toward large-scale, drastic change.

Foreign Aid to Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 385-395
Author(s):  
Sultan Juma Kakuba
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The State ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Important Resource ◽  
Good Intention

The main objective of this chapter is to provide evidence that foreign Aid to African countries is a barricade to their sustainable development. Both modernisation and Dependency theorists' suggestions have failed to spawn socio-economic and political development in African countries. Complexity theory may provide a better understanding of the linkage between foreign aid and the socio-economic and political underdevelopment. The current foreign aid given to African sovereign states by donor or developed countries seems to perpetuate underdevelopment. In fact, Foreign Aid to most of African countries has not adequately addressed its problems; rather it has succeeded in keeping most of African countries dependent on foreign aid and in the state of underdevelopment. Using both quantitative and qualitative document analysis of records on foreign Aid to Africa reveals that foreign Aid in and out of itself is not a bad thing, it is among those many important resource inputs, which operate in many African countries which if paved with good intention could bring about sustainable socio-economic and political development in Africa.

Foreign Aid to Africa

2016 ◽  
pp. 114-124
Author(s):  
Sultan Juma Kakuba
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The State ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Important Resource ◽  
Good Intention

The main objective of this chapter is to provide evidence that foreign Aid to African countries is a barricade to their sustainable development. Both modernisation and Dependency theorists' suggestions have failed to spawn socio-economic and political development in African countries. Complexity theory may provide a better understanding of the linkage between foreign aid and the socio-economic and political underdevelopment. The current foreign aid given to African sovereign states by donor or developed countries seems to perpetuate underdevelopment. In fact, Foreign Aid to most of African countries has not adequately addressed its problems; rather it has succeeded in keeping most of African countries dependent on foreign aid and in the state of underdevelopment. Using both quantitative and qualitative document analysis of records on foreign Aid to Africa reveals that foreign Aid in and out of itself is not a bad thing, it is among those many important resource inputs, which operate in many African countries which if paved with good intention could bring about sustainable socio-economic and political development in Africa.

Foreign Aid to Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 799-809
Author(s):  
Sultan Juma Kakuba
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The State ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Important Resource ◽  
Good Intention

The main objective of this chapter is to provide evidence that foreign Aid to African countries is a barricade to their sustainable development. Both modernisation and Dependency theorists' suggestions have failed to spawn socio-economic and political development in African countries. Complexity theory may provide a better understanding of the linkage between foreign aid and the socio-economic and political underdevelopment. The current foreign aid given to African sovereign states by donor or developed countries seems to perpetuate underdevelopment. In fact, Foreign Aid to most of African countries has not adequately addressed its problems; rather it has succeeded in keeping most of African countries dependent on foreign aid and in the state of underdevelopment. Using both quantitative and qualitative document analysis of records on foreign Aid to Africa reveals that foreign Aid in and out of itself is not a bad thing, it is among those many important resource inputs, which operate in many African countries which if paved with good intention could bring about sustainable socio-economic and political development in Africa.

scholarly journals Moving Beyond Sustainability: A Regenerative Community Development Framework for Co-creating Thriving Living Systems and Its Application

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Leah V. Gibbons
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Spatial Dynamics ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Living Systems ◽  
Ecological Communities ◽  
Intentional Community ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Regenerative Development ◽  
Environmental Limits

Sustainable development and design have the potential to shift their aim from improving human well-being within environmental limits to catalyzing thriving social-ecological communities (i.e., living systems) across scales. Regenerative development (RD), a methodology that harnesses the potential of living systems, offers a way forward. RD integrates science and practice with essential but often neglected components of sustainability—ecological, social, cultural, spiritual, and geophysical—as well as their temporal and spatial dynamics. It also addresses the root causes of (un)sustainability—thinking and worldviews. This research creates and pilots the first community-scale RD framework (RCD Framework) in a developing intentional community. Findings indicate that the RCD Framework achieves its intended aim of facilitating shifts in thinking and development and design concepts toward holistic and regenerative. Factors that are conducive to or impede RCD are identified, and suggestions are made for advancing RCD science and practice. Implications for larger communities, cities, regions, and sustainable development and design are discussed.

Redox Reactions in Lipid Membranes as a Model for Primordial Energy-Conserving Systems

1997 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 437-442
Author(s):  
Salvatore Di Bernardo ◽  
Romana Fato ◽  
Giorgio Lenaz
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Lipid Membranes ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Redox Reactions ◽  
Living Systems ◽  
Asymmetric Distribution ◽  
Conservation Of Energy ◽  
Asymmetrical Distribution ◽  
Energy Conserving ◽  
Living Organisms

AbstractOne of the peculiar aspects of living systems is the production and conservation of energy. This aspect is provided by specialized organelles, such as the mitochondria and chloroplasts, in developed living organisms. In primordial systems lacking specialized enzymatic complexes the energy supply was probably bound to the generation and maintenance of an asymmetric distribution of charged molecules in compartmentalized systems. On the basis of experimental evidence, we suggest that lipophilic quinones were involved in the generation of this asymmetrical distribution of charges through vectorial redox reactions across lipid membranes.

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