TY - JOUR AU - Cook, Noam PY - 2017/02/06 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A Delicate Balance: the Interdependence of Natural, Artefactual, and Human System JF - Proceedings of the 59th Annual Meeting of the ISSS - 2015 Berlin, Germany JA - ISSS-2015 VL - 1 IS - 1 SE - DO - UR - https://journals.isss.org/index.php/proceedings59th/article/view/2695 SP - AB - <p>Governing the anthropocene entails, in part, constituting a delicate balance among distinct types of systems. Building on the work of Sir Geoffrey Vickers, I identify three types of systems-natural, artefactual, and human. Each has its own requirements for stability and sustainability. Together they have further requirements for functioning interdependently, particularly in any form we ought to consider desirable.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I outline some of what these concepts suggest, and argue that</p> <p>understanding stability, sustainability, and interdependence in cybersystemic terms may put us in a better position not only to govern the anthropocene, but to govern it more responsibly.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I explore some practical implications of this view in comparing major water projects in Singapore and California.&nbsp;</p> ER -