SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS APPROACH TO POLICY DEVELOPMENT FOR GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY

作     者：Keith W. HIPEL Liping FANG Michele HENG 

作者机构：Department of Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo Waterloo Canada Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ryerson University Toronto Canada 

出 版 物：《Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering》 (系统科学与系统工程学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2010年第19卷第1期

页      面：1-21页

核心收录：

学科分类：0810[工学-信息与通信工程] 1205[管理学-图书情报与档案管理] 12[管理学] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 1203[管理学-农林经济管理] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 0802[工学-机械工程] 0811[工学-控制科学与工程] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

基　　金：support received from a strategic grant entitled"Systems Engineering Approaches for Brownfield Redevelopment"from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council(NSERC) of Canada from the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council(SSHRC) of Canada 

主　　题：Complex systems conflict resolution global food system risk management system of systems values 

摘      要：A formal policy development framework, based on a system of systems （SOS） approach, is synthesized to systematically address, in an integrative and adaptive fashion, major global challenges, such as the current food and fjnancial crises, and their interactions with other key natural, societal, and technological systems. A SoS approach seeks to respect the different value systems of multiple participants, to harness complexity through effective integration, and to engage the world of uncertainty and unpredictability with an adaptive response. Faced with the present global challenges, what is needed are strategic and operational methods which lead to ethical policies, enhance integrative and adaptive management practices, and are able to direct conflict resolution in a positive direction. Policy makers need tools to model and analyze complex systems which they are trying to responsibly govern, taking into account values and risks to design and evaluate different policies. A preliminary investigation into the global food system is undertaken to understand the SoS and to provide insights on how to carry out policy development using the proposed framework.