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Sustainable: changes over years until 1987, when we received its current definition“Our Common Future”Towards sustainable development, as related to the EnvironmentMDG 7: Sustainability (biodiversity, water/sanitation, poverty)Main solution to problems: deny they ever existDiscount future irrationally: believe that the problems will not happen to youEngineering, relying on scientific breakthroughs, magical thinkingPlanning: urban planning to decrease commutingPolitical Processes will solve everything; negotiations between countries/statesMarket forces: economics can solve everything if necessaryDilemmas in a General Theory of Planning (1973, Rittel and Webber)Wicked Problems1. Not well understood until after the formulation of a solution2. No stopping rule: When have we saved the whales, whenis the climate problem fixed3. Solutions are not right or wrong: there is no way to reallyknow if a solution is what we needed; no one to say ‘yes, carpooling will fix the climate problem’3. Novel and unique: solutions don’t work for every wickedproblem5. Every solution is a ‘one shot operation’: just have to do it,then cant go back and try a different solution if it doesn’t work6. No given alternative solutions: there are 7 billion people …now whatApproachCompetitive: pit opposing points against each other to battle it out until a problem/solution is clearCollaborative: Form committees, have strategic planning, come up with a plan, etcEx: Gun control, substance abuse, transportation in LA, providing energy, health careSuper Wicked Problems1. Time is running out2. No central authority3. Those seeking to solve the problem are also causing it4. Policies discount the future irrationallyPeople worried about upholding personal image vs. actually caring about the problemItems defining a super wicked problem relate to the agent trying to solve it vs. the problem itselfEx: Global warmingTame ProblemsFinite solutions, not difficult to graspEx: Transport 3k people from Europe to the USEasy to find a solution, and there is something telling you it is correctCan be complicated or difficult, but still a clear prose on what needs to be done and how to do itCan turn into a wicked problem, though it was thought to be tameThe TitanicLecture 1, Prof. Haw 01/15/2013Sustainable: changes over years until 1987, when we received its current definition-“Our Common Future”-Towards sustainable development, as related to the EnvironmentMDG 7: Sustainability (biodiversity, water/sanitation, poverty)Main solution to problems: deny they ever exist-Discount future irrationally: believe that the problems will not happen to you-Engineering, relying on scientific breakthroughs, magical thinking-Planning: urban planning to decrease commuting-Political Processes will solve everything; negotiations between countries/states-Market forces: economics can solve everything if necessaryDilemmas in a General Theory of Planning (1973, Rittel and Webber)-Wicked Problems1. Not well understood until after the formulation of a solution2. No stopping rule: When have we saved the whales, when is the climate problem fixed3. Solutions are not right or wrong: there is no way to really know if a solution is what we needed; no one to say ‘yes, carpooling will fix the climate problem’3. Novel and unique: solutions don’t work for every wicked problem5. Every solution is a ‘one shot operation’: just have to do it, then cant go back and try a different solution if it doesn’t work6. No given alternative solutions: there are 7 billion people … now whatoApproachCompetitive: pit opposing points against each other to battle it out until a problem/solution is clearCollaborative: Form committees, have strategic planning, come up with a plan, etcoEx: Gun control, substance abuse, transportation in LA, providing energy, health care-Super Wicked Problems1. Time is running out2. No central authority3. Those seeking to solve the problem are also causing it4. Policies discount the future irrationallyPeople worried about upholding personal image vs. actually caring about the problem oItems defining a super wicked problem relate to the agent trying to solve it vs. the problem itselfoEx: Global warmingTame ProblemsoFinite solutions, not difficult to graspoEx: Transport 3k people from Europe to the USoEasy to find a solution, and there is something telling you it is correctoCan be complicated or difficult, but still a clear prose on what needs to be done and how to do it oCan turn into a wicked problem, though it was thought to be tameThe


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