The Handbook of Applied System Science is organized around both methodological approaches in systems science, and the substantive topic to which these approaches have been applied. The volume begins with an essay that introduces three system science methods: agent-based modeling, system dynamics, and network analysis. The remainder of the volume is organized around three broad topics: (1) health and human development, (2) environment and sustainability, and (3) communities and social change. Each part begins with a brief introductory essay, and includes nine chapters that demonstrate the application of system science methods to address research questions in these areas. This handbook will be useful for work in Public Health, Sociology, Criminal Justice, Social Work, Political Science, Environmental Studies, Urban Studies, and Psychology.
Chapter 14 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781315748771.
Edited by:
Zachary Neal
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
ISBN: 9780415843348
ISBN 10: 0415843340
Pages: 656
Publication Date: 06 December 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Primary
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
1. What is System Science? Part 1: Health and Human Development 2. The Social Symbiome Framework 3. The Impact of Urban Form on Weight Loss 4. Promoting Social Contagion of Preventive Behavior during Influenza Epidemics 5. Simulating Syndemic Risk 6. System Dynamics Modeling and Finding Solutions to the “Wicked” Public Health Problem of Preventing Chronic Diseases 7. Network Analysis and Psychology 8. Using Cognitive Social Structures to Understand Peer Relations in Childhood and Adolescence 9. Chains of Affection 10. The Art of Building Dynamic Systems Models Part 2: Environment and Sustainability 11. A System Dynamics Examination of the Willingness of Villagers to Engage in Illegal Logging 12. Exploring Complexity in a Human–Environment System 13. Agent-Based Modeling in Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) 14. Eutropia 15. Using System Dynamics to Model Industry’s Developmental Response to Energy Policy 16. Integrated Agent-Based and System Dynamics Modelling for Simulation of Sustainable Mobility 17. Stakeholder Analysis and Social Network Analysis in Natural Resource Management 18. The Multilevel Participatory Modelling of Land Use Policies in African Drylands 19. A Systems Approach to Stakeholder Management Part 3: Communities and Social Change 20. Modeling Social Ties and Household Mobility 21. Simulating Sprawl 22. Agents of Change 23. The (In)compatibility of Diversity and Sense of Community 24. Spatializing Social Networks 25. Social Networks and the Study of Language Variation and Change 26. Community as Method, Community as Net 27. Circles of Association 28. Using System Dynamics Modeling to Understand the Impact of Social Change Initiatives
Zachary P. Neal is Associate Professor at Michigan State University, in the Psychology Department's Social-Personality program. He serves as Associate Editor of a number of journals including City and Community, Evidence & Policy, Journal of Urban Affairs, and Global Networks. He is also editor of Routledge's Metropolis and Modern Life Book Series.
