Estrella Community College logo

Cover image for
Title:
Thinking in systems : a primer / Donella H. Meadows ; edited by Diana Wright.
Author:
Meadows, Donella H.

Wright, Diana, 1961-
Publication Information:
White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., c2008.
Call Number:
QA402 .M425 2008
Abstract:
"Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute's Diana Wright, this primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to develop the systems-thinking skills that thought leaders across the globe consider critical for 21st-century life."--BOOK JACKET.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0825/2008035211.html
ISBN:
9781603580557
Physical Description:
xiii, 218 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject Term:
System analysis -- Simulation methods.

Decision making -- Simulation methods.

Critical thinking -- Simulation methods.

Sustainable development -- Simulation methods.

Social sciences -- Simulation methods.

Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Simulation methods.

Population -- Economic aspects -- Simulation methods.

Pollution -- Economic aspects -- Simulation methods.

Environmental education -- Simulation methods.
Contents:
System structure and behavior -- Systems and us -- Creating change-in systems and in our philosophy.
Added Author:
Wright, Diana, 1961-
Personal Author:
Meadows, Donella H.
Subject:
System analysis -- Simulation methods.

Decision making -- Simulation methods.

Critical thinking -- Simulation methods.

Sustainable development -- Simulation methods.

Social sciences -- Simulation methods.

Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Simulation methods.

Population -- Economic aspects -- Simulation methods.

Pollution -- Economic aspects -- Simulation methods.

Environmental education -- Simulation methods.
Copies: