ABSTRACT
The Handbook of Applied System Science is organized around both methodological approaches in systems science, and the substantive topic to which these approaches have been applied. The volume begins with an essay that introduces three system science methods: agent-based modeling, system dynamics, and network analysis. The remainder of the volume is organized around three broad topics: (1) health and human development, (2) environment and sustainability, and (3) communities and social change. Each part begins with a brief introductory essay, and includes nine chapters that demonstrate the application of system science methods to address research questions in these areas. This handbook will be useful for work in Public Health, Sociology, Criminal Justice, Social Work, Political Science, Environmental Studies, Urban Studies, and Psychology.
Chapter 14 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781315748771.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|186 pages
Health and Human Development
chapter 2|24 pages
The Social Symbiome Framework1
chapter 3|19 pages
The Impact of Urban form on Weight Loss
chapter 4|16 pages
Promoting Social Contagion of Preventive Behavior During Influenza Epidemics
chapter 5|23 pages
Simulating Syndemic Risk
part 2|211 pages
Environment and Sustainability
chapter 12|38 pages
Exploring Complexity in a Human–Environment System
chapter 13|30 pages
Agent-Based Modeling in Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS)
chapter 14|24 pages
Eutropia
chapter 18|19 pages
The Multilevel Participatory Modelling of Land Use Policies in African Drylands
part 3|201 pages
Communities and Social Change