Table of Contents

The Systems Approach: History and Schools of Thinking.- Systems and Systems Theory.- Schools of Systems Thinking - Development Trends in Systems Methodology.- Systems Analysis in Sweden - Examples of Projects Using a Systems Approach.- Systems Analysis in Geography.- Multi-Agent Systems, Time Geography, and Microsimulations.- Analyzing Biological Systems: The Brain as an Example.- Defining the Concept of Sustainability - a Matter of Systems Thinking and Applied Systems Analysis.- Systems Analysis in Sweden - Examples of Projects Using a Systems Approach.- Scenario-Based Methodologies for Strategy Development and Management of Change.- “Sweden in the Year 2021” - A Systems Study of Sweden’s Future Environment.- Environmental Accounts - A Tool for Interdisciplinary Analysis.- Environmental Systems Analysis - Some Ongoing Research and Ideas About Future Developments.- Some Properties of Environmental Systems Analysis Tools - Life Cycle Assessment as an Example.- Systems Approaches in Development Work.- The Systems Approach in Research on International Relations: The WTO Negotiations.- Systems Analysis in Sweden - Examples of Projects Using a Systems Approach.- Humans and Complex Systems: Sustainable Information Societies.- Large Technical Systems: a Multidisciplinary Research Tradition.- Development Trends, Future Prospects and Needs.- Systemic Interventions in Sweden: Some Discernible Patterns.