Progress in modeling dynamic systems for sustainable development.

ABSTRACT: This Perspective evaluates recent progress in modeling nature-society systems to inform sustainable development. We argue that recent work has begun to address longstanding and often-cited challenges in bringing modeling to bear on problems of sustainable development. For each of four stages of modeling practice-defining purpose, selecting components, analyzing interactions, and assessing interventions-we highlight examples of dynamical modeling methods and advances in their application that have improved understanding and begun to inform action. Because many of these methods and associated advances have focused on particular sectors and places, their potential to inform key open questions in the field of sustainability science is often underappreciated. We discuss how application of such

SUBMITTER: Selin NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10556647 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature