Transition Strategies for Sustainable Community Systems (eBook)

Design and Systems Perspectives

Amar KJR Nayak (Herausgeber)

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2019 | 1. Auflage
347 Seiten
Springer-Verlag
978-3-030-00356-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This book presents five critical dimensions on relationships, institutions, produc-

tion, organisation, and governance from design and systems perspectives for the

systematic transition of unstable and vulnerable communities across the world to

sustainable community systems.

• The first section discusses features of relationships and processes to deepen

cooperation and trust within a community.

• The second section examines institutions within and outside a district to

foster synergy across institutions within a district and to minimise negative

externalities on local communities within a district.

• The third section deals with food production systems that are nature-

friendly, resilient, efficient and sustainable.

• The fourth section discusses the design of producer organisations that can

graduate to become sustainable community enterprise systems.

•The fifth section focuses on community governance that can facilitate

decentralised, participatory, transparent and democratic local governance

systems.

This book

• offers a fresh perspective on design thinking for optimising internal design

consistencies.

• provides a systems perspective on building sustainable community systems

at the lowest governance unit in different countries, such as Ward/Gram

Panchayat/Panchayat Council/Gewong/Union Council/GN.

• gives insights into design & systems perspectives towards building

sustainable community systems within a district of any country across the

world.