Complex systems
Wicked problems â resilience, adaptation and complexity
Deciding upon policy interventions to support community resilience presents us with both a âwickedâ and a
âmessyâ problem and calls for âclumsyâ policy solutions and interventions.
âmessyâ problem and calls for âclumsyâ policy solutions and interventions.
Managing Complex Systems: The Need to Structure Qualitative Data
This paper shows how 'structured output' methods can âabstractâ important issues and concepts and feed into planning and policy outputs.
Agent-based modelling: A tool for addressing the complexity of environment and development policy issues
This working paper introduces agent-based modelling as a potential tool for examining complex modern policy problems, and offers examples from recent applications.
Dialogue for decision-making: unpacking the âCity Learning Labâ approach
The FRACTAL âCity Learning Labâ approach is designed to facilitate problem-solving at the intersection of climate change and urbanization trends across cities in Southern Africa.