Transition engineering: Adaptation of complex systems for survival

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dc.contributor.authorKrumdieck S
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-10T00:46:54Z
dc.date.available2017-08-10T00:46:54Z
dc.date.issued2013en
dc.date.updated2017-06-25T21:49:59Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper puts forward a simple idea describing the time, space and relationship scales of survival. The proposed survival spectrum concept represents a new way to think about sustainability that has clear implications for influencing engineering projects in all fields. The argument for the survival spectrum is developed sequentially, building on theory, definition, examples and history. The key idea is that sustainability will be effectively addressed in engineering as a further development of the field of safety engineering with longer time scale, broader space scale, and more complex relationship scale. The implication is that the past 100-year development of safety engineering can be leveraged to fast track the inclusion of sustainability risk management across the engineering professions. The conclusion is that a new, all-disciplinary field, transition engineering, will emerge as the way our society will realise reduction in fossil fuel use and reduction in detrimental social and environmental impacts of industrialisation. Copyright © 2013 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.en
dc.identifier.citationKrumdieck S (2013). Transition engineering: Adaptation of complex systems for survival. International Journal of Sustainable Development. 16(3-4). 310-321.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1504/IJSD.2013.056569
dc.identifier.issn0960-1406
dc.identifier.issn1741-5268
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/13791
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjecttransition engineeringen
dc.subjectdefinition of sustainabilityen
dc.subjectengineeringen
dc.subjectsurvival spectrumen
dc.subjectsafety engineeringen
dc.subjectSEen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::40 - Engineering::4010 - Engineering practice and education::401003 - Engineering practiceen
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::09 - Engineering::0915 - Interdisciplinary Engineering::091599 - Interdisciplinary Engineering not elsewhere classifieden
dc.titleTransition engineering: Adaptation of complex systems for survivalen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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