Earthquakes are a huge global threat. In thirty-six countries, severe seismic risks threaten
populations and their increasingly interdependent systems of transportation, communication …

Natural hazards pose an increasing challenge to public administrators, as the frequency,
costs, and consequences of extreme events escalate in a complex, interdependent, world …

Urgent public health threats present a growing problem for public health surge. This study
addresses tensions that occur in organizations as they confront unexpected, urgent …

Underground infrastructure is essential for delivery of services that support a strong urban
economy and high quality of life. However, current underground engineering practice and …

To be effective, governance structures in rapidly changing environments must not only have
the capacity to govern, but also the resilience to respond to that changing environment. In …

This action research case study was intended to qualitatively determine how system thinking
and system dynamics modeling informed regional strategic planning and to derive a …

Complex adaptive systems are central to many persistent problems locally and globally. In
cases where the effects of a policy play out slowly and propagate through …

Complex adaptive systems are central to many persistent problems locally and globally.
Taking a longer and broader view of these systems and their dynamic interactions improves …