Systems Approaches and Their Application

Preface; Lisa Sennerby Forsse and Uno SvedinEditors' Preface; Mats-Olov Olsson and Gunnar SjöstedtIntroduction; Uno Svedin Part I: The Systems Approach: History and Schools of Thinking1. Systems and Systems Theory; Mats-Olov Olsson and Gunnar Sjöstedt2. Schools of Systems Thinking Development Trends in Systems Methodology; Mats-Olov Olsson Part II: Systems Analysis in Sweden - Examples of Projects Using a Systems Approach Part II-A: A Systems Approach for Better Theory3. Systems Analysis in Geography; Stefan Anderberg4. Multi-Agent Systems, Time Geography, and Microsimulations; Magnus Boman and Einar Holm5. Analyzing Biological Systems: the Brain as an Example; Hans Liljenström and Peter Arhem6. Defining the Concept of Sustainability - a Matter of Systems Thinking and Applied Systems Analysis; Harald Sverdrup and Mats G.E. Svensson Part II-B: Systems Analysis for Better Practice7. Scenario-Based Methodologies for Strategy Development and Management of Change; E. Anders Eriksson8.'Sweden in the Year 2021' - A Systems Study of Sweden's Future Environment; Anita Linell9. Environmental Accounts - a Tool for Interdisciplinary Analysis; Sofia Ahlroth10. Environmental Systems Analysis - Some Ongoing Research and Ideas About Future Developments; Anna Björklund11. Some Properties of Environmental Systems Analysis Tools - Life Cycle Assessment as an Example; Göran Finnveden, Tomas Ekvall and Asa Moberg12. Systems Approaches in Development Work; Semida Silveira 13. The Systems Approach in Research on International Relations: The wro Negotiations; Gunnar Sjöstedt Part II-C: Systems Thinking for Better Design and Construction14. Humans and Complex Systems: Sustainable Information Societies; Rune Gustavsson and Martin Fredriksson15 Large Technical Systems: a Multidisciplinary Research Tradition; Lena Ewertsson and Lars Ingelstam Part III: Development Trends, Future Prospects and Needs16. Systemic Interventions in Sweden: Some Discernible Patterns; Mats-Olov Olsson andGunnar