Strategic sustainable development / Peter Hobson

Public ISBD Accompagne Interdependence of biodiversity and development global change / Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Montréal, Canada) Titre : Strategic sustainable development : a synthesis towards thermodynamically efficient systems and post-normal complex systems management Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Peter Hobson, Auteur ; Pierre L. Ibisch, Auteur Importance : p 184-196 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : SCIENCES DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Mots-clés : DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE  STRATEGIE DE DEVELOPPEMENT  THERMODYNAMIQUE  GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Résumé : Fundamental issues to do with unsustainable human development and energy management that lead to converging crises such as biodiversity loss or climate change require urgent attention if global society is to progress in a sustained way in the long-term. Measures of thermodynamic efficiency go beyond the obvious relatioship between society and energy resources, to also include the way humans utilize the physical and biological landscape. A number of metrics are proposed in the assessment of environmental sustainability including the use of exergy. However, attempts to measure the sustainable use of the physical landscape and living biota are more problematic because of the complexity of nature. Nevertheless, there is emerging scientific evidence in support of the idea that there is a strong relationship between vegetation pattern and thermodynamic factors. Furthermore, an examination of land cover type and microclimatic patterns suggest that mature and complex ecosystems have the highest levels of exergy and are better able to dissipate solar radiation. This suggests that more complex, thermodynamically efficient systems are more resilient to environmental change. Science and technology should re-focus efforts towards eco-centric innovation, methods of working towards ideal-seeking systems using principles of thermodynamics. Fundamental to this change is the reform of neo-classical models of economy that embrace principles of ecological economics. The validation of the ecological economics model iss underscored by the primary objective which is to ground economic thinking and practice in the laws of thermodynamics. Success, goals and outcomes should not be exclusively measured in monetary worth but also by using relative valuation and environmental accounting. Numéro du document : AA GVI Niveau Bibliographique : 5 Bull1 (Theme principale) : GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : ASPECTS SOCIO-ECONOMIQUES Accompagne Interdependence of biodiversity and development global change / Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Montréal, Canada) Strategic sustainable development : a synthesis towards thermodynamically efficient systems and post-normal complex systems management [texte imprimé] / Peter Hobson, Auteur ; Pierre L. Ibisch, Auteur . - [s.d.] . - p 184-196. Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : SCIENCES DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Mots-clés : DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE  STRATEGIE DE DEVELOPPEMENT  THERMODYNAMIQUE  GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Résumé : Fundamental issues to do with unsustainable human development and energy management that lead to converging crises such as biodiversity loss or climate change require urgent attention if global society is to progress in a sustained way in the long-term. Measures of thermodynamic efficiency go beyond the obvious relatioship between society and energy resources, to also include the way humans utilize the physical and biological landscape. A number of metrics are proposed in the assessment of environmental sustainability including the use of exergy. However, attempts to measure the sustainable use of the physical landscape and living biota are more problematic because of the complexity of nature. Nevertheless, there is emerging scientific evidence in support of the idea that there is a strong relationship between vegetation pattern and thermodynamic factors. Furthermore, an examination of land cover type and microclimatic patterns suggest that mature and complex ecosystems have the highest levels of exergy and are better able to dissipate solar radiation. This suggests that more complex, thermodynamically efficient systems are more resilient to environmental change. Science and technology should re-focus efforts towards eco-centric innovation, methods of working towards ideal-seeking systems using principles of thermodynamics. Fundamental to this change is the reform of neo-classical models of economy that embrace principles of ecological economics. The validation of the ecological economics model iss underscored by the primary objective which is to ground economic thinking and practice in the laws of thermodynamics. Success, goals and outcomes should not be exclusively measured in monetary worth but also by using relative valuation and environmental accounting. Numéro du document : AA GVI Niveau Bibliographique : 5 Bull1 (Theme principale) : GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : ASPECTS SOCIO-ECONOMIQUES

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The integrated anthroposystem / Pierre L. Ibisch

Public ISBD Accompagne Interdependence of biodiversity and development global change / Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Montréal, Canada) Titre : The integrated anthroposystem : globalizing human evolution and development within the global ecosystem Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Pierre L. Ibisch, Auteur ; Peter Hobson, Auteur Importance : p 149-183 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : SCIENCES DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Mots-clés : EVOLUTION HUMAINE  ANTHROPOSYSTEM  DEVELOPPEMENT  ECOSYSTEME Résumé : This paper, in a transdisciplinary approach, draws together concepts and evidence from biological, anthropological, paleoecological, historical, political and economic research and presents a comprehensive theory to explain past, present and future evolution of the anthroposystem in terms of natural sciences and system theory. Cultural evolution, history of mankind and even the ecologically unsustainable performance of people are seen as the continuation and part of biological evolution of a species that was and still is an integral part of a holarchical subsystem, the earth 's ecosystem. Things that are often treated as purely cultural in humans 'have deep roots in our animal past and thus are quite likely to rest on direct genetic foundations ' . Additionally, we are convinced of the need that 'the basis for any natural law describing the evolution of social systems must be the physical laws governing open systems, i.e. systems embedded in their environment with which they exchange matter and energy ' . This might be a trivial statement for many modern anthropologists and many natural scientists but it is far from being part of general knowledge and education. Numéro du document : AA GVI Niveau Bibliographique : 5 Bull1 (Theme principale) : GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : ASPECTS SOCIO-ECONOMIQUES Accompagne Interdependence of biodiversity and development global change / Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Montréal, Canada) The integrated anthroposystem : globalizing human evolution and development within the global ecosystem [texte imprimé] / Pierre L. Ibisch, Auteur ; Peter Hobson, Auteur . - [s.d.] . - p 149-183. Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : SCIENCES DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Mots-clés : EVOLUTION HUMAINE  ANTHROPOSYSTEM  DEVELOPPEMENT  ECOSYSTEME Résumé : This paper, in a transdisciplinary approach, draws together concepts and evidence from biological, anthropological, paleoecological, historical, political and economic research and presents a comprehensive theory to explain past, present and future evolution of the anthroposystem in terms of natural sciences and system theory. Cultural evolution, history of mankind and even the ecologically unsustainable performance of people are seen as the continuation and part of biological evolution of a species that was and still is an integral part of a holarchical subsystem, the earth 's ecosystem. Things that are often treated as purely cultural in humans 'have deep roots in our animal past and thus are quite likely to rest on direct genetic foundations ' . Additionally, we are convinced of the need that 'the basis for any natural law describing the evolution of social systems must be the physical laws governing open systems, i.e. systems embedded in their environment with which they exchange matter and energy ' . This might be a trivial statement for many modern anthropologists and many natural scientists but it is far from being part of general knowledge and education. Numéro du document : AA GVI Niveau Bibliographique : 5 Bull1 (Theme principale) : GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : ASPECTS SOCIO-ECONOMIQUES

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Theoretical background papers / Peter Hobson

Public ISBD Accompagne Interdependence of biodiversity and development global change / Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Montréal, Canada) Titre : Theoretical background papers : an alternative conceptual framework for sustainability : systemics and thermodynamics Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Peter Hobson, Auteur ; Pierre L. Ibisch, Auteur Importance : p 127-148 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : SCIENCES DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Mots-clés : DURABILITE  THERMODYNAMIQUE  SYSTEME ECOLOGIQUE  PENSEE ECOLOGIQUE  PANARCHIE Résumé : The conventional view held by many scientists was that a thorough understanding of nature in all its diversity and complexity could be best achieved by an ever increasing detailed analysis of its single pieces , in other words, adopting an atomistic approach to the study of the individual components within a system and by observing cause-effect behavior between them . However, such technomorphic reductionism does not factor in emergent properties of systems, variability and non-liar processes across scales, which leads to problematic misunderstandings . In this paper, a systemic approach to sustainability is developed setting out som e of the philosophy and science underpinning current understanding of complex systems and thermodynamics. Ecosystem theory, based on systems theory and ecosystem thermodynamics, facilitates a better understanding of the relationship between natural and anthropogenic systems. It also sets out clear parameters and measurable boundaries to systems in terms of productivity, carrying capacity, limits of change, resilience, as well as factors in the unpredictable nature and uncertainty of system behavior . Systems, to a certain extent , are open to both energy and material flow but continue to maintain definition and integrity in rather the same way as does a cell with a permeable membrane. A central feature to systems ecology is the transformation of energy through and across system-scale boundaries of ecosystems, encompassing thermodynamics, chemistry and both biological and ecological energetics. In this paper, a systemic treatment of the concept of sustainability is developed. The thesis also builds on the understanding and findings of other authors who have already claimed that a systemic perspective on the nature –society continuum provides a clearer frame of reference for effective analysis and a more appropriate basis for understanding the urgent problems we face on earth. Accepting the premise that all environmental and social constructs are systems or part of a system, then where components are observed to interact and forms systems, a logical question would enquire about the nature of the force that drives systems towards assembling and sefl-organizing. This question has in part been answered through on-going research into thermodynamics, however rather less is understood about the relationships between the environment, rapidly evolving social systems and the concept of sustainability in the context of both thermodynamic and non-equilibrium thermodynamics to problems of environment-culture relationships and sustainability. While the post-normal and transdisciplinary concepts related to systemics and thermodynamics have simulated and enriched general sustainability science, we feel that they have not been introduced into biodiversity conservation and the discourses related to the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Just as systemics provides general explanations for the function and dysfunction of both biological-ecological and cultural entities, it is also the necessary means of carrying out the analysis of interlinkages between biodiversity and development. Numéro du document : AA GVI Niveau Bibliographique : 5 Bull1 (Theme principale) : GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : POLITIQUE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Accompagne Interdependence of biodiversity and development global change / Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Montréal, Canada) Theoretical background papers : an alternative conceptual framework for sustainability : systemics and thermodynamics [texte imprimé] / Peter Hobson, Auteur ; Pierre L. Ibisch, Auteur . - [s.d.] . - p 127-148. Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : SCIENCES DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Mots-clés : DURABILITE  THERMODYNAMIQUE  SYSTEME ECOLOGIQUE  PENSEE ECOLOGIQUE  PANARCHIE Résumé : The conventional view held by many scientists was that a thorough understanding of nature in all its diversity and complexity could be best achieved by an ever increasing detailed analysis of its single pieces , in other words, adopting an atomistic approach to the study of the individual components within a system and by observing cause-effect behavior between them . However, such technomorphic reductionism does not factor in emergent properties of systems, variability and non-liar processes across scales, which leads to problematic misunderstandings . In this paper, a systemic approach to sustainability is developed setting out som e of the philosophy and science underpinning current understanding of complex systems and thermodynamics. Ecosystem theory, based on systems theory and ecosystem thermodynamics, facilitates a better understanding of the relationship between natural and anthropogenic systems. It also sets out clear parameters and measurable boundaries to systems in terms of productivity, carrying capacity, limits of change, resilience, as well as factors in the unpredictable nature and uncertainty of system behavior . Systems, to a certain extent , are open to both energy and material flow but continue to maintain definition and integrity in rather the same way as does a cell with a permeable membrane. A central feature to systems ecology is the transformation of energy through and across system-scale boundaries of ecosystems, encompassing thermodynamics, chemistry and both biological and ecological energetics. In this paper, a systemic treatment of the concept of sustainability is developed. The thesis also builds on the understanding and findings of other authors who have already claimed that a systemic perspective on the nature –society continuum provides a clearer frame of reference for effective analysis and a more appropriate basis for understanding the urgent problems we face on earth. Accepting the premise that all environmental and social constructs are systems or part of a system, then where components are observed to interact and forms systems, a logical question would enquire about the nature of the force that drives systems towards assembling and sefl-organizing. This question has in part been answered through on-going research into thermodynamics, however rather less is understood about the relationships between the environment, rapidly evolving social systems and the concept of sustainability in the context of both thermodynamic and non-equilibrium thermodynamics to problems of environment-culture relationships and sustainability. While the post-normal and transdisciplinary concepts related to systemics and thermodynamics have simulated and enriched general sustainability science, we feel that they have not been introduced into biodiversity conservation and the discourses related to the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Just as systemics provides general explanations for the function and dysfunction of both biological-ecological and cultural entities, it is also the necessary means of carrying out the analysis of interlinkages between biodiversity and development. Numéro du document : AA GVI Niveau Bibliographique : 5 Bull1 (Theme principale) : GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : POLITIQUE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT

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