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USING CRITICAL SYSTEMS THINKING TO FOSTER VIRTUOUS CYCLES OF SUSTAINABILITY AND LIVEABILITY: A PROPOSAL FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS

机译：使用关键系统来思考可持续发展和活力的虚拟循环：农村发展从业人员的建议

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Critical systems thinking originated with the purpose of questioning power imbalances and facilitating a reflective and systems oriented approach to some of the most complex issues we face. Sustainability is one such issue which brings with it the challenge of integrating social, environmental and economic dimensions of a situation. Liveability is often the primary motive driving an individual or communities desire for improvement. This paper suggests that one of the main ways that this desire for improvement can coincide with sustainability lies in the ability to identify and propel virtuous cycles in which both sustainability and liveability are enhanced.Among the development sector there is increasing recognition of links between the environment and aspects of development such as poverty alleviation, health, income generation and agriculture. Whilst furnished with a diverse range of perspectives and approaches, development practice is in need of ways of conceptualizing the interaction between sustainability and liveability that emphasise the opportunities for improvement in human and ecological well-being that exist in this space. For decades, the rural development sector has been developing practices aimed at fostering participation, mutual learning and sustainability. This paper offers a contribution to expand on and improve these practices.The paper focuses on rural development and identifies both virtuous and vicious cycles of liveability and sustainability which are relevant to development practice. Critical systems thinking is proposed as a way for rural development practitioners to conceptualise the integration of economic, social and environmental dimensions and, in doing so, support participant communities to nurture and foster virtuous cycles of sustainable liveability. Four desirable attributes of a critical systems thinking approach to rural development are identified based on development literature, critical systems literature and the authors' research into sustainability in semi-rural communities in Vietnam. These four attributes are described and compared with existing rural development practices which seek to foster virtuous cycles through learning oriented and participatory processes that recognise the connection between the human and non human world. The four attributes are: a systems thinking approach; an ethical base to action and choices; critical reflection of process and purpose and appreciation and application of diverse views and approaches.Through these four attributes a synthesis of rural development practice and critical systems thinking is offered as a means of moving toward sustainable interactions between　the human and non-human world. This paper also offers an invitation to further dialogue on these ideas and concludes with suggestions for further learning.
机译：批判性系统思维起源于质疑权力不平衡，并为我们面临的一些最复杂问题提供了一种反思性和面向系统的方法。可持续性就是这样一个问题，它带来了整合局势的社会，环境和经济方面的挑战。宜居性通常是驱动个人或社区改善愿望的主要动机。本文表明，这种对改进的渴望可以与可持续性相吻合的主要方式之一是能够识别和推动改善可持续性和宜居性的良性循环。 在发展部门中，人们越来越认识到环境与发展之间的联系，例如减轻贫困，保健，创收和农业。尽管提供了各种各样的观点和方法，但开发实践仍需要一些方法来概念化可持续性和宜居性之间的相互作用，并强调该空间中存在的改善人类和生态福祉的机会。几十年来，农村发展部门一直在发展旨在促进参与，相互学习和可持续性的做法。本文为扩展和改进这些实践做出了贡献。 本文侧重于农村发展，并确定了与发展实践相关的宜居性和可持续性的良性循环和恶性循环。提出了批判性系统思维，作为农村发展从业人员概念化经济，社会和环境维度整合的一种方式，并以此方式支持参与者社区培育和培育可持续宜居性的良性循环。根据发展文献，关键系统文献和作者对越南半农村社区可持续性的研究，确定了关键系统思维方法对农村发展的四个理想属性。描述了这四个属性，并将其与现有的农村发展实践进行了比较，这些实践试图通过以学习为导向和参与性的过程来促进良性循环，从而认识到人类世界与非人类世界之间的联系。这四个属性是：系统思考方法;行动和选择的道德基础;对过程和目标的批判性反映，对不同观点和方法的欣赏和应用。 通过这四个属性，提供了农村发展实践和关键系统思维的综合，作为迈向人类世界与非人类世界之间可持续互动的一种手段。本文还邀请您就这些想法进行进一步的对话，并在总结时提出进一步学习的建议。

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