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Using systems analysis to examine relationships between human development and environmental change

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System Modelling and Optimization

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences ((LNCIS,volume 180))

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Conceptual models can be developed to portray the linkages between poverty, affluence and environmental change which in turn can affect human development. These conceptual models can then be "operationalized" into scientifically-based models to examine specific environment/development linkages by means of case studies. An example is given of the linkage between emissions from fossil fuel emissions in Europe and the degradation of forest resources.

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  1. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), A-2361, Laxenburg, Austria

    Roderick Shaw

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L. D. Davisson A. G. J. MacFarlane H. Kwakernaak J. L. Massey Ya Z. Tsypkin A. J. Viterbi Peter Kall

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Shaw, R. (1992). Using systems analysis to examine relationships between human development and environmental change. In: Davisson, L.D., et al. System Modelling and Optimization. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 180. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0113342

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