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18 Jan 2016
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| 18 Jan 2016
Topology of sustainable management of dynamical systems with desirable states: from defining planetary boundaries to safe operating spaces in the Earth system
Research Domains Transdisciplinary Concepts & Methods and Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, P.O. Box 60 12 13, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
T. Kittel
Research Domains Transdisciplinary Concepts & Methods and Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, P.O. Box 60 12 13, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
Department of Physics, Humboldt University, Newtonstr. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
J. F. Donges
Research Domains Transdisciplinary Concepts & Methods and Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, P.O. Box 60 12 13, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Kräftriket 2B, 114 19 Stockholm, Sweden
N. Molkenthin
Department for Nonlinear Dynamics & and Network Dynamics Group, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Bunsenstraße 10, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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Short summary
The debate about a safe and just operating space for humanity and the possible pathways towards and within it requires an analysis of the inherent dynamics of the Earth system and of the options for influencing its evolution. We present and illustrate with examples a conceptual framework for performing such an analysis not in a quantitative, optimizing mode, but in a qualitative way that emphasizes the main decision dilemmas that one may face in the sustainable management of the Earth system.
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