In the context of urbanization and a growing population, cities and citizens are becoming
more exposed and vulnerable to social and environmental changes, ranging from natural …

This article reports the first systematic literature review of system dynamics (SD) applications
in health and medicine published between 1960 and 2018. We categorize SD contributions …

This chapter provides a general overview of group model building and key aspects that are
used in community-based system dynamics, including the importance of teamwork, the use …

Abstract Decision Support Systems, and, more recently, participatory and collaborative
modelling have emerged as a response to increased focus on stakeholder participation in …

Stakeholder engagement, collaboration, or participation, shared learning or fact-finding,
have become buzz words and hardly any environmental assessment or modelling effort …

This book approaches strategy-making in a way that is designed to assist most
organizations develop strategy appropriate to their size, purpose and resources. It provides …

This text is a useful addition to any collection of books on systems approaches, and will
particularly appeal to those who favour a multidisciplinary approach to systems. Taking the …

Group model‐building here refers to a system dynamics model‐building process in which a
client group is deeply involved in the process of model construction. The problem that is …

Introduction Application of system thinking to the development, implementation and
evaluation of childhood obesity prevention efforts represents the cutting edge of community …

Abstract System dynamics depends heavily upon quantitative data to generate feedback
models. Qualitative data and their analysis also have a central role to play at all levels of the …