SUSTAINABILITY 1: SUSTAINABILITY

Anno accademico
2018/2019 Programmi anni precedenti
Titolo corso in inglese
SUSTAINABILITY 1: SUSTAINABILITY
Codice insegnamento
ECC020 (AF:294353 AR:162024)
Modalità
Crediti formativi universitari
6
Livello laurea
Istituto d`eccellenza
Settore scientifico disciplinare
SPS/07
Periodo
Annuale
Anno corso
1
Sede
VENEZIA
Spazio Moodle
Link allo spazio del corso
Main objective: to introduce and illustrate the modern methodological approaches that, since the 70s and 80s, have allowed to develop the scientific study of systems since then considered unmanageable, due to the complexity of their operation and evolution.
None.
1) Principles of Systems Thinking. The systems zoo.
2) Complex System. Non-linear systems. Cahos.
3) Self-organization. Critical states. Emergent properties. Catastrophies.
4) Embodied Energy. EMergy and sustainability.
Reference books and material will be provided by the lecturer
Based on exercises performed in group during the lectures as well as on homework assignments.
Lectures, working groups.
Inglese
scritto e orale
Programma definitivo.