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Over the past centuries, western civilization has been marked by increasing specialization and division of labor. It has furthered its understanding of the world around it by deconstructing it into ever smaller pieces. It has created a vast array of disciplines and sub-disciplines to predict, or at least to explain, behavior in nature, individuals and society. Today, however, western civilization is faced with an increasing number of complex phenomena of which it does not know precisely how they will unfold or interact. This makes it imperative to re-direct development efforts towards increased sustainability including all its aspects: economical, social and environmental ones.
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Dahinden, M. (2014). Towards Sustainable Integrated Development? Partnerships and Systems. In: Bolay, JC., Hostettler, S., Hazboun, E. (eds) Technologies for Sustainable Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00639-0_12
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