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− | By Donald Hector, Carleton Christensen, Jim Petrie | + | '''By Donald Hector, Carleton Christensen, Jim Petrie''' |
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+ | A novel approach to problem-structuring for decisions relating to the sustainable development of large-scale infrastructure is pre- | ||
+ | sented. The philosophical (a critical realist ontology and epistemology), psychological (implications of behavioural and cognitive psy- | ||
+ | chology), and systems dimensions (dynamics and emergent properties) of the problem are discussed, and form the basis of the | ||
+ | approach. The problem is structured as a system of ‘‘trilemmas’’ (a means of representing and criticising sets of three competing forces), | ||
+ | representing different aspects of the problem and considered in the context of a number of problem dimensions. A case study relating to | ||
+ | the development of a sustainable water system for a major Australian metropolis is developed to test the value of the approach. | ||
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'''Link to material:''' http://ifors.org/developing_countries/downloads/sept2_2011/Hector_2009_European-Journal-of-Operational-Research.pdf | '''Link to material:''' http://ifors.org/developing_countries/downloads/sept2_2011/Hector_2009_European-Journal-of-Operational-Research.pdf | ||
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Revision as of 06:15, 3 September 2013
By Donald Hector, Carleton Christensen, Jim Petrie
Abstract
A novel approach to problem-structuring for decisions relating to the sustainable development of large-scale infrastructure is pre- sented. The philosophical (a critical realist ontology and epistemology), psychological (implications of behavioural and cognitive psy- chology), and systems dimensions (dynamics and emergent properties) of the problem are discussed, and form the basis of the approach. The problem is structured as a system of ‘‘trilemmas’’ (a means of representing and criticising sets of three competing forces), representing different aspects of the problem and considered in the context of a number of problem dimensions. A case study relating to the development of a sustainable water system for a major Australian metropolis is developed to test the value of the approach.
Link to material: http://ifors.org/developing_countries/downloads/sept2_2011/Hector_2009_European-Journal-of-Operational-Research.pdf
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