Information and facts in the reading first half 63-81
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Introduction
- Daniel Velez – company “circle blue’’ – goal- achieve zero waste
- Goals for the entire Phoenix metropolitan area to achieve zero waste
- Bureaucratic
- “ there is no one size fits all solution.”
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- Page 64- Daniel struggles with tenants because they don’t want to put any effort into recycling and composting
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- “Wicked” sustainability problems are embedded in systems that exhibit complexity
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Three definition
Of wicked problems
Section 2.1 Understanding Sustainability Problems
- A wicked problem ( can’t be solved because of continuous change. It can never be entirely resolved.
= ( traditional approaches refer to the scientific and technological advances that have solved many of society’s problems
Tame problem – problems
Wicked problems – complex systems
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Section 2.1.1 introduction to wicked problems
First mentioned in 1970 urban planning literature in a famous article by the University of California Berkeley, Professor Horst Rittel, and Melvin Webber. They describe ten characteristics of a wicked problem, but general characteristics are given here for simplicity.
Your question and definition of simple system/question
Me Bike –
“ This is an important point because not all collections of random things are systems, such as rocks lying on sidewalks, because they are not interacting in a way that achieves some purpose that none can accomplish alone.”
You boundary, open / closed systems , thinking
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“This is analogous to the need to view a bike as a whole system, rather than its individual components, when figuring out why the system as a whole will not move forward.”
YOU- REDUCTIONIST THINKING
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- Vague problems definition
- Undefined solution
- No endpoint
- Irreversible
- Unique
- Urgent
Title: Wicked Problems and their Resolution
Author: Sonya Remington Doucettle
Source Date:2017-2013
Source type: textbook
Context ( what is important to note about the creator, when it was created, its audience, or its formats?)
The creator sees the wicked problems from many different perspectives, and there’s only sometimes a solution. What the government or people view as a solution is more challenging. The book was created a short time ago, begging for the information given to be relatively new compared to older books. The author’s format in chapter 2 breaks into different wicked problems that sociality and the world are struggling with and that there is no direct way to fix, but there is to better the situation.
Summary (What important Facts about the source’s content should we note for our discussion):
- Human natural systems / human system (page 77)
Human Systems Natural System
-technology – Human- constructed
-social institution – water
– knowledge – soil
– Norms – air
-Populations – microorganisms
– vegetation
- (page 76) socio ecological systems
- Complexity (page 75)
- (page 73) one problem many different ways to solve but not all of it. One solution can lead to another problem related to the bigger problem.
- Page 75) complexity what is it – well there is not exact way of defining it
– (the major reason that wicked problems are difficult to resolve is that they are embedded in socio ecological systems (SESs) exhibits complexity)
One of the most important facts is systems learning how everything has a process
- What is the goal of sustainability ? is to simultaneously promote healthy ecosystems, human well being and viable economies.
- Page ( 80) / Bike IMPORTANT POINT BECAUSE NOT ALL COLLECTIONS OF RANDOM THINGS ARE SYSTEMS
- 81 (closed systems and open systems
Analysis ( what should we take away to better understand our problems and its stakeholders?
It’s okay only sometimes to have a correct one-way answer to solving the problem. One problem in our world and society takes many parts and lots of support for people to take action and listen to understand. We, as people who are trying to solve problems, like holistic thinking, are essential tools for resolving sustainability.