Modelling for sustainable development: New decisions for a new age

Our environmental, economic, and social systems are currently facing a host of challenges, which if left unaddressed will have significant implications for the world in which we live. Tackling these challenges will require better-informed decision-making, which in turn requires models that are desig...

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Autores principales: Bassi, Andrea, Casier, Liesbeth, Laborde Debucquet, David, Linsen, Max, Manley, David, Maennling, Nicolas, Mann, Howard, Siersted, Morten, Smaller, Carin, Steel, Iain, Uzsoki, David, West, Johnny
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Institute for Sustainable Development 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140443
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Sumario:Our environmental, economic, and social systems are currently facing a host of challenges, which if left unaddressed will have significant implications for the world in which we live. Tackling these challenges will require better-informed decision-making, which in turn requires models that are designed and developed with sustainable development considerations and objectives in mind. To support this need for better-informed decision making, this book brings together the insights and expertise of a dozen expert modellers and policy analysts, who completed this project on modelling for sustainable development in June 2019 using the "Book Sprints" method. It outlines the different modelling approaches available; describes why model design and development matters for sustainable development; and explains how these models can contribute to decision-making processes. The book is designed for decision-makers, model commissioners, model developers, model users, and students specializing in modelling and/or the different aspects of sustainable development.