An Analysis of the Potential for the Formation of ‘Nodes of Persisting Complexity’
Human civilisation has undergone a continuous trajectory of rising sociopolitical complexity since its inception; a trend which has undergone a dramatic recent acceleration. This phenomenon has resulted in increasingly severe perturbation of the Earth System, manifesting recently as global-scale eff...
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ftangliruskinfig:oai:figshare.com:article/23766810 2023-11-12T04:19:18+01:00 An Analysis of the Potential for the Formation of ‘Nodes of Persisting Complexity’ Nick King Aled Jones 2021-07-21T00:00:00Z https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/An_Analysis_of_the_Potential_for_the_Formation_of_Nodes_of_Persisting_Complexity_/23766810 unknown 10779/aru.23766810.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/An_Analysis_of_the_Potential_for_the_Formation_of_Nodes_of_Persisting_Complexity_/23766810 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 sociopolitical complexity collapse de-complexification lifeboats carrying capacity resilience Text Journal contribution 2021 ftangliruskinfig 2023-10-13T12:10:07Z Human civilisation has undergone a continuous trajectory of rising sociopolitical complexity since its inception; a trend which has undergone a dramatic recent acceleration. This phenomenon has resulted in increasingly severe perturbation of the Earth System, manifesting recently as global-scale effects such as climate change. These effects create an increased risk of a global ‘de-complexification’ (collapse) event in which complexity could undergo widespread reversal. ‘Nodes of persisting complexity’ are geographical locations which may experience lesser effects from ‘de-complexification’ due to having ‘favourable starting conditions’ that may allow the retention of a degree of complexity. A shortlist of nations (New Zealand, Iceland, the United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland) were identified and qualitatively analysed in detail to ascertain their potential to form ‘nodes of persisting complexity’ (New Zealand is identified as having the greatest potential). The analysis outputs are applied to identify insights for enhancing resilience to ‘de-complexification’. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Anglia Ruskin University: Figshare New Zealand |
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Human civilisation has undergone a continuous trajectory of rising sociopolitical complexity since its inception; a trend which has undergone a dramatic recent acceleration. This phenomenon has resulted in increasingly severe perturbation of the Earth System, manifesting recently as global-scale effects such as climate change. These effects create an increased risk of a global ‘de-complexification’ (collapse) event in which complexity could undergo widespread reversal. ‘Nodes of persisting complexity’ are geographical locations which may experience lesser effects from ‘de-complexification’ due to having ‘favourable starting conditions’ that may allow the retention of a degree of complexity. A shortlist of nations (New Zealand, Iceland, the United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland) were identified and qualitatively analysed in detail to ascertain their potential to form ‘nodes of persisting complexity’ (New Zealand is identified as having the greatest potential). The analysis outputs are applied to identify insights for enhancing resilience to ‘de-complexification’. |
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An Analysis of the Potential for the Formation of ‘Nodes of Persisting Complexity’ |
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An Analysis of the Potential for the Formation of ‘Nodes of Persisting Complexity’ |
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An Analysis of the Potential for the Formation of ‘Nodes of Persisting Complexity’ |
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An Analysis of the Potential for the Formation of ‘Nodes of Persisting Complexity’ |
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An Analysis of the Potential for the Formation of ‘Nodes of Persisting Complexity’ |
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analysis of the potential for the formation of ‘nodes of persisting complexity’ |
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