Mastodawn

BellingenNSW May 31, 2023

Safe and just Earth system boundaries
"#Nature study quantifies "planetary boundaries" for aerosol pollution, fresh water, nutrient cycles, #biodiversity, land use and #climate, beyond which the planet is longer "safe and just" for humans."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-06-01/health-report-card-for-the-planet-science-boundaries/102405754

“These rapid changes to the Earth system undermine critical life-support systems with significant societal impacts already felt and they could lead to triggering #TippingPoints that irreversibly destabilize the #Earth system...These changes are mostly driven by social and economic systems run on #unsustainable resource #extraction and #consumption."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06083-8
#Stability #EarthSystem #EarthSystemBoundaries #Limits #Growth #OutOfControl #ESBs #Interdependencies #PlanetaryBoundaries #Destabilising #Planet #Extractivism #Risks #MetabolismWithNature #SafeAndJust

Health report card for the planet: These are the boundaries scientists say we need to watch

We are "destabilising the entire planet" warn an international team of scientists, who outline the planetary boundaries we need to stay within in order to provide a "safe and just" future.

ABC News

Sybil Derrible Apr 12, 2023

Amazing new article on #Interdependencies between #Transport, #Water, and #SolidWaste #Infrastructure Systems by Poornima Jayasinghe and Lina Kattan: https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures8040076

Interdependencies between Urban Transport, Water, and Solid Waste Infrastructure Systems

Developing integrated, sustainable, and resilient urban systems requires consideration of the different types of interdependencies between their infrastructure systems. The degree and nature of interdependencies among infrastructure systems vary widely. This article identifies and analyzes the interdependencies between urban transport, water, and solid waste. A comprehensive review is conducted, an interdependency matrix for the three systems is developed, and the interdependencies are analyzed qualitatively. The analysis shows that the three systems are highly interdependent, indicating that an integrated approach that considers the mutual impacts, conflicts, and interactions among them at all stages of their life cycles is necessary to promote sustainability and resilience. This article also identifies opportunities for developing new integrated planning and design approaches and emphasizes the need for further research in this area to quantify infrastructure interdependencies. This is particularly important in the context of rapid urbanization and the pressure on cities to adapt to climate change.

MDPI

Max Stepanov 🇺🇦Nov 29, 2022

Thinking in networks

The image below exposes the importance of #systems thinking by revealing the intricate #interdependencies underlying the “Ecosystem of Wicked Problems,” according to Christian Sarkar and Philip Kotler. It shows the multiple factors underpinning our existential #challenges as a species.

What does it mean to think in systems? This map represents a scale where #design can and should operate.

#ThinkingInNetworks #SystemThinking