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Analyzing Sustainability Problems

Review

Course SOS 320 – Society and Sustainability

ASU-SOS | Fall 2015

Dr. Auriane Koster

School of Sustainability

Coyri!ht " 2012 – 201# $r% Arni& 'ie(% Used )ith *er&ission


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Sustainability roble& identified

*rere+uisite conditions for sol,in! &et

So what now ?


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SustainableGoal

Visioning

ComplexProblemAssessm

ent

StrategyDesign & Testing

What is the

problem?

What is the

goal?

How do we get

from here to there?

Problem-Solving Framework

Identify Analyze


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Sustainability Problems in Public Discourse

1% .nd-of-ie thin(in!

/ 3 Cs – Cri&es catastrohes casualties

/ Case Study – *irates So&alia esticides drifts oil sill

in ulf of e4ico

2% Si&listic causal thin(in!

/ Case Study – Childhood Obesity

3% O,er)hel&in!ly co&le4 causal thin(in!

/ Case Study – Childhood Obesity


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The Focus of Public Attention

/ e)s is dra&atic suerficial and eisodic

/ Focus is on e,ents and incidents not dri,ers and causes

/ edia has a rofound effect on our ercetionsoinions co!nition and e&otions

/ ot 6ust ne)s7 fil& &usic culture

/ ot by accident by desi!n

/ 8ournalis& schools/ .ditorial ractices

/ nfluence by ,ested interests

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Simplistic Perspectives on Problems

Childhood Obesity


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Overwhelming Compleity


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Instead we need…

/ Sufficient treatment of compleity

/ !ooking back from effects to causes/ Systems Thinking


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Chil"hoo" Obesity # A Sufficient !ook

htthid?tone)s


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Chil"hoo" Obesity # From $ffects to Causes

htt


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Giant Pandas – Systems Thinking…


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%ut &ait ' &hat are we "oing( An" why((

/ $issectin! and clarifyin! the causal structures of

sustainability roble&s

/ dentifyin! critical inter,ention oints and syste&s

relations

/ 'ithout o,er)hel&in! the rele,ant sta(eholders


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Problem Analysis - Example

/ %egin with the manifestations an" a"verse effects

/ &ork backwar"s to i"entify "irect causes

/ )eep going back to i"entify root causes/ At each step* i"entify the relevant stakehol"ers

+nformal ,ol" ining in the Philippines

Note: this example is shown for illustrative purposesof the analytical framework and process. It is notintended as a complete and accurate analysis ofthe problem.


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Informal Gold Mining

Negative impacts on:

@ealth

.n,iron&ent

Social relationsi,elihoods7

iners

Understanding Causes of InformalGold Mining

Billa!ers


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'or(in! *racticese4traction s&eltin!

disosal selllin!D


@ealth

.n,iron&ent


iners


Billa!ers


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.cono&ic necessity

*rofit



disosal selllin!D


@ealth

.n,iron&ent


iners

iddle&en

iners iddle&en

iners


Billa!ers


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.cono&ic necessity

*rofit



disosal selllin!D

Eeadily A,ailable

9echnolo!y

Use of &ercury )ithout

ade+uate safety

Si&le to use rocess

old *riceocal buyin! outlets

Anyone can sell% o +uestions

old ar(et


@ealth

.n,iron&ent


iners

iddle&en

iners iddle&en

iners


Billa!ers

iddle&en

iddle&en

inin! e4traction sites

Acti,ities on do&estic roerty

and Use *er&issions

9raders

*oliticians


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.cono&ic necessity

*rofit



disosal selllin!D

Eeadily A,ailable

9echnolo!y


ade+uate safety

Si&le to use rocess



old ar(etBalues of rofit

ac( of re!ulations


@ealth

.n,iron&ent


ercury Suly Chain

iners

iddle&en

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ac( of econo&ic

resources

iners


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iddle&en

&orters

ac( of no)led!e

Of ris(s

iners

iddle&en



and Use *er&issions

iddle&en &orters 9raders

9raders

*oliticians

Corrution

*oliticians


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So what "i" we .ust "o(

/ow can we use this for any sustainabilityproblem(


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.cono&ic necessity

*rofit



disosal selllin!D

Eeadily A,ailable

9echnolo!y


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Si&le to use rocess



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ac( of re!ulations


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ercury Suly Chain

iners

iddle&en

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resources

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and Use *er&issions

iddle&en &orters 9raders

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*oliticians

Corrution

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Ad,erse

.ffects


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A Tool for Problem Analysis

Should be7

/ Functional %

/ Systemic %

/ Pragmatic %


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9echnolo!ies H

nfrastructures

Actions Acti,itiesH Geha,ior

no)led!e

Genefits

$etri&ental

.ffects

Effects

Problem Analysis

Entry Point

Affected

Sta(eholders

Benefiting

Sta(eholders

Immediate & oot !auses

oti,es

Eules

Eesources"

#$

%

!ausing

Sta(eholders

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