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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ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/2071-1050/13/15/8161/ 2023-08-20T04:07:26+02:00 An Analysis of the Potential for the Formation of ‘Nodes of Persisting Complexity’ Nick King Aled Jones agris 2021-07-21 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158161 EN eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13158161 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sustainability; Volume 13; Issue 15; Pages: 8161 sociopolitical complexity collapse de-complexification lifeboats carrying capacity resilience Text 2021 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158161 2023-08-01T02:14:33Z 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’. Text Iceland MDPI Open Access Publishing 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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