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S y s t e m A n a l y s i s

Links and resources

This page is a collection of resources of the Web organized in sections.

Policy Analysis and Environment

Association of Policy Analysis and Management and mirror
International Public Management Network - An interesting site with lots of links
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme
European Environment Agency EEA - Agenzia Europea per l'Ambiente
U.S. Environment Protection Agency - Regulations, law, databases, software regarding U.S.A.
STOA - Scientific and Technological Option Assessment of the European Union
Policy Studies Organization - Finding the best public policy solutions: see Super-Optimizing Analysis
OECD Free on-line documents - Search and download free economics and policy analysis documents of OECD
Urban Environmental Management - A list of links related to urban management
RAND - Leading Policy Analysis research institution based in Santa Monica, CA
Associazione Analisti Ambientali - Italian Association of Environmental Impact Assessment Professionals and " Centro V.I.A. Italia" EU network

Environmental Management Systems and Industry

International Organization for Standardization
American National Standards Institute
Associated Quality Consultants, Inc. - Join ISO 14000 mailing list
Roy F. Weston company for Sustainable Development
ISO 14000 case studies - A list of interesting cases of successful applications
Wuppertal Institut - Policies for increasing productivity of resources. See "Factor 4" Project.
Frey Environmental Associates - Managing the environmental side of business.
Gil Friend and Associates - Embedding laws of nature at the heart of enterprise. Check Business Metabolics.
National Association of Environmental Professionals

Ecological Economics and Sustainability

ISEE: International Society for Ecological Economics - A transdisciplinary association of scholars and professionals for the integration of ecology and economics. ESEE: European Chapter
Millennium Institute - Sustainability indicators and computer simulations for sustainable policies
The Envirolink Network
Sustainable Solutions Inc. - Supports for decision makers to implement sustainable solutions
GEO - Global Energy Sustainability Observatory: see Rio +5 Report
Indicators for sustainabe development - A UN assessment of indicators of sustainability
Hart Environmental Data - Measuring progress toward sustainability
Worldwide environmental topics - A UNEP list

System Dynamics

System Dynamics Society
Decision Analysis and Systems Dynamics - Interesting with decision support software to download
Mega List of System Dynamics - The 'very best' collection of SD links, including teaching material, advanced tips, software information
IIASA - The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
System Dynamics Group at M.I.T. - Home page of M.I.T. under Jay W. Forrester supervision. Download a full course "Guide to Learning System Dynamics" (over 6 MB)
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sui Sistemi - Italian Association for Research on Systems
Servers about Systems Science - A list of links from all the world
Systems Dynamics in Ecology - Internet distance learning courses by Universitad Politecnica de Cataluna
Towards Mastery in Systems Thinking - More internet distance courses by FOL
See this separate list about books, schools, software references and internet resources on Systems Thinking and Systems Dynamics.

Other advanced techniques

Neural Networks - Lots of information and freeware to download
Post Normal Science - Taking decisions under uncertainty: the new role of science for society.
Genetic algorithm - Download the tutorial
Nova Genetica
Fuzzy Logic and Neurofuzzy Resources - What it is and shareware links
Nonlinear resources - Interesting links to the nonlinear world

Events

Ecosummit 2000 - Integrating the sciences, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 18-22 June 2000
ESEE 2000 - Third International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics: "Transitions Towards a Sustainable Europe: Ecology-Economy-Policy", Vienna, 3-6 May 2000
ISEE 2000 - "People and Nature: Operationalizing Ecological Economics", Canberra, Australia - 5-8 July 2000

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Updated: January 2000

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