1st Edition
Navigating the Complexity Across the Peace–Sustainability–Climate Security Nexus
By Bernard Amadei
Copyright 2024
402 Pages
115 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
402 Pages
115 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
402 Pages
115 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
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Promoting peace and sustainability in human development while accounting for the risks associated with the impact of climate change on society has become more imperative than ever when addressing humanity's challenges of the twenty-first century. There is enough evidence that peace, sustainability, and climate security are entangled with multiple complex interactions and cannot be dealt with in... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Peace–Sustainability–Climate Nexus 3. Changing the Narrative 4. Systems Thinking 5. Defining the PSC Nexus Landscape 6. Soft Systems Modeling Tools 7. Hard Systems Modeling Tools 8. Systems Archetypes 9. System-Based Methodology 10. Illustrative Examples–Part 1 11. Illustrative Examples–Part 2 12. Case Studies 13. Systemic Interventions 14. Conclusions
Biography
Bernard Amadei is a Distinguished Professor and Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is the Founding Director of the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities. He is also the Founding President of Engineers Without Borders - USA and the Engineers Without Borders - International network co-founder. Among other distinctions, Dr. Amadei is an elected member of the US National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Construction. He is also a Senior Ashoka Fellow.
