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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ftarro:oai:arro.anglia.ac.uk:706734 2023-05-15T16:49:32+02:00 An Analysis of the Potential for the Formation of ‘Nodes of Persisting Complexity’ King, Nick Jones, Aled 2021-07-21 text https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/706734/ https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/706734/5/King_Jones_2021.pdf https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/706734/3/King_Jones_2021.docx https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158161 en eng MDPI https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/706734/5/King_Jones_2021.pdf https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/706734/3/King_Jones_2021.docx King, Nick and Jones, Aled (2021) An Analysis of the Potential for the Formation of ‘Nodes of Persisting Complexity’. Sustainability, 13 (15). p. 8161. ISSN 2071-1050 cc_by_4 CC-BY Journal Article PeerReviewed 2021 ftarro https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158161 2022-11-20T21:36:06Z 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: Anglia Ruskin Research Online (ARRO) New Zealand Sustainability 13 15 8161 |
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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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https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/706734/5/King_Jones_2021.pdf https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/706734/3/King_Jones_2021.docx King, Nick and Jones, Aled (2021) An Analysis of the Potential for the Formation of ‘Nodes of Persisting Complexity’. Sustainability, 13 (15). p. 8161. ISSN 2071-1050 |
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