The importance of systems thinking and practice for creating biosphere reserves as "learning laboratories for sustainable development"

53rd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences 2009: Making Liveable, Sustainable Systems Unremarkable

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 358-374

  Nguyen, Nam C ^a   Bosch, Ockie J H ^a   Maani, Kambiz E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cat Ba Biosphere Reserve; Causal loop modelling; Learning laboratories; Leverage points; Sustainable development; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE RESERVE; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM; LEARNING LABORATORY; LEVERAGE POINTS; LOOP MODELS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS THINKING; TOURISM INDUSTRY; VIET NAM;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERICS; ECONOMICS; LABORATORIES; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM THEORY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

EID: 84865619729     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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