 Thinking In Systems cover | |
| Authors | Donella H. Meadows |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Published | 2008 |
| Publisher | Chelsea Green Publishing |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 978-1603580557 |
Thinking in Systems provides an introduction to systems thinking by Donella Meadows, the main author of the 1972 report The Limits to Growth,[1] and describes some of the ideas behind the analysis used in that report.
The book was originally circulated as a draft in 1993, and versions of this draft circulated informally within the systems dynamics community for years. After the death of Meadows in 2001, the book was restructured by her colleagues at the Sustainability Institute, edited by Diana Wright, and finally published in 2008.[2]
The work is heavily influenced by the work of Jay Forrester and the MIT Systems Dynamics Group, whose World3 model formed the basis of analysis in Limits to Growth.[3]
In addition, Meadows drew on a wide range of other sources for examples and illustrations, including ecology, management, farming and demographics; as well as taking several examples from one week's reading of the International Herald Tribune in 1992.[2]
- ^ Meadows, Donella H; Meadows, Dennis L; Randers, Jørgen; Behrens III, William W (1972). The Limits to Growth; A Report for the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind. New York: Universe Books. ISBN 0876631650. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ a b Thinking In Systems: A Primer pp. xi-xiii A Note From the Editor by Diana Wright, for Meadows, Donella (2008). Thinking In Systems: A Primer. Chelsea Green Publishing. ISBN 978-1844077250.