Self-Organization and Emergence in Life Sciences

Feltz, Bernard; Crommelinck, Marc; Goujon, Philippe

doi:10.1007/1-4020-3917-4

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“…Self-organization is a process whereby a structure or pattern appears in a system without a central authority or external element imposing it through planning (Feltz et al 2006). This selforganizing property arises from the many feedback processes in an SES; changes to any one part of the system lead to changes in other parts of the system that eventually feedback to change the original component.…”

Section: Strategy 3: Facilitate Self-organizationmentioning

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Strategies for managing complex social-ecological systems in the face of uncertainty: examples from South Africa and beyond

Biggs¹,

Rhode²,

Archibald³

et al. 2015

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ABSTRACT. Improving our ability to manage complex, rapidly changing social-ecological systems is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century. This is particularly crucial if large-scale poverty alleviation is to be secured without undermining the capacity of the environment to support future generations. To address this challenge, strategies that enable judicious management of socialecological systems in the face of substantive uncertainty are needed. Several such strategies are emerging from the developing body of work on complexity and resilience. We identify and discuss four strategies, providing practical examples of how each strategy has been applied in innovative ways to manage turbulent social-ecological change in South Africa and the broader region: (1) employ adaptive management or comanagement, (2) engage and integrate different perspectives, (3) facilitate self-organization, and (4) set safe boundaries to avoid system thresholds. Through these examples we aim to contribute a basis for further theoretical development, new teaching examples, and inspiration for developing innovative new management strategies in other regions that can help address the considerable sustainability challenges facing society globally.

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Section: Strategy 3: Facilitate Self-organizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategies for managing complex social-ecological systems in the face of uncertainty: examples from South Africa and beyond

Biggs¹,

Rhode²,

Archibald³

et al. 2015

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“…Without the need to introduce ad hoc formulations to generate the layering, complex structures spontaneously arise from local instabilities through a process of self-organization, in a way that is similar to other natural processes [e.g., Feltz et al, 2006].…”

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Minimal model for double diffusion and its application to Kivu, Nyos, and Powell Lake

2015

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Double diffusion originates from the markedly different molecular diffusion rates of heat and salt in water, producing staircase structures under favorable conditions. The phenomenon essentially consists of two processes: molecular diffusion across sharp interfaces and convective transport in the gravitationally unstable layers. In this paper, we propose a model that is based on the one‐dimensional description of these two processes only, and—by self‐organization—is able to reproduce both the large‐scale dynamics and the structure of individual layers, while accounting for different boundary conditions. Two parameters characterize the model, describing the time scale for the formation of unstable water parcels and the optimal spatial resolution. Theoretical relationships allow for the identification of the influence of these parameters on the layer structure and on the mass and heat fluxes. The performances of the model are tested for three different lakes (Powell, Kivu, and Nyos), showing a remarkable agreement with actual microstructure measurements.

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Intelligence in Chemistry

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Self-Organization and Emergence in Life Sciences

Cited by 33 publications

References 169 publications

Strategies for managing complex social-ecological systems in the face of uncertainty: examples from South Africa and beyond

Strategies for managing complex social-ecological systems in the face of uncertainty: examples from South Africa and beyond

Minimal model for double diffusion and its application to Kivu, Nyos, and Powell Lake

Intelligence in Chemistry

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