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Hugo Herrera

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From Metaphor to Practice: Operationalizing the Analysis of Resilience Using System Dynamics Modelling

2017

This paper operationalizes an analysis of resilience for social-ecological systems using system dynamics (SD) modelling. Resilience is a versatile concept that continues to gain popularity among researchers who study ways to reduce the vulnerability of social-ecological systems to a wide range of disturbances. However, its application in the policymaking domain still remains underdeveloped because it is difficult to understand the mechanisms that might enhance resilience and to measure the impact of potential policies. This paper proposes to use SD modelling as a tool to analyse resilience using simulations to quantify system response to disturbances and a causal analysis to identify ways t…

0106 biological sciencesInformation Systems and ManagementOperationalizationManagement scienceMetaphorStrategy and Managementmedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesVulnerabilityGeneral Social Sciences01 natural sciencesPopularitySystem dynamics010601 ecology0502 economics and businessSocio-ecological systemSet (psychology)Resilience (network)Psychology050203 business & managementmedia_commonSystems Research and Behavioral Science
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Transforming food systems at local levels: using participatory system dynamics in an interactive manner to refine small-scale farmers’ mental models

2017

Food systems will need to undergo considerable transformation. To be better prepared for and resilient to uncertainty and disturbances in the future, resource users and managers need to further develop knowledge about the food and farming system, with its dominating feedback structures and complexities, and to test robust and integrated system-based solutions. This paper investigates how participatory system dynamics modeling can be adapted to groups at the community level with low or no formal educational background. The paper also analyses the refinement of workshop participants’ mental models as a consequence of a participatory system dynamics intervention. For this purpose, we ran two w…

Knowledge management010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesSystems thinkingComputer scienceCausal loop diagramSystem dynamics01 natural sciencesParticipatory GISResource (project management)0502 economics and businessSystems thinkingAdaptationAdaptation (computer science)0105 earth and related environmental sciencesFood securitybusiness.industryManagement scienceEcological Modeling05 social sciencesSystem dynamicsFood systemsMental model refinementFood systemsbusinessKnowledge management participatory modeling050203 business & management
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Public Policy Design for Climate Change Adaptation: A Dynamic Performance Management Approach to Enhance Resilience

2017

This chapter proposes dynamic performance management (DPM) as a suitable method to identify policies in the context of climate change adaptation. Namely, it focuses on the role it can play to support the analysis of how to enhance resilience of social and economic systems to climate change. While ‘resilience’ is a buzzword in the policymaking world, putting the concept into practice is still undeveloped. In a public administration focused on accountability, intangible outcomes of resilience represent a complication. The chapter discusses the findings and lessons from a case study applying the proposed approach. The results highlight the role of a dynamic performance approach to support stak…

0209 industrial biotechnologyKnowledge managementProcess managementComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSIONPerformance managementbusiness.industryProcess (engineering)05 social sciencesClimate changePublic policyStakeholder engagementContext (language use)02 engineering and technology0506 political science020901 industrial engineering & automationAccountability050602 political science & public administrationEnvironmental scienceResilience (network)business
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Transforming Food Systems at Local Levels: Using Participatory System Dynamics in an Interactive Manner to Refine Small-Scale Farmers’ Ment…

2016

Food systems will need to undergo considerable transformation. To be better prepared for and resilient to uncertainty and disturbances in the future, resource users and managers need to further develop knowledge about the food and farming system, with its dominating feedback structures and complexities, and to test robust and integrated system-based solutions. This paper investigates how participatory system dynamics modeling can be adapted to groups at the community level with low or no formal educational background. The paper also analyzes the refinement of workshop participants’ mental models as a consequence of a participatory system dynamics intervention. For this purpose, we…

Food securityResource (project management)Knowledge managementComputer sciencebusiness.industryCausal loop diagramotherFood systemsSystems thinkingAdaptation (computer science)businessToolboxSystem dynamics
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Resilience Planning, a Facilitated Modelling Approach

2018

Resilience has emerged as a buzzword among researchers and practitioners. However, despite its popularity, there has been little progress in moving it from an elaborate metaphor describing an idyllic state of the system to a tool for planning and managing adaptation. While case study research is rich with examples of systems that have proven to be resilient or are striving to develop resilience, there is no defined approach that operationalises concepts described in the literature into the planning process. This paper helps close this gap by illustrating how facilitated modelling can be used for resilience planning in socio-ecological systems. The paper summarizes our experience using facil…

organizational_economics_managementFood systemsSociologyResilience (network)Environmental planning
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