| Author: | Raadt, V. D. de |
| Title: | Multi-Modal Systems Method: The Impact of Normative Factors on Community Viability |
| Journal: | Systems Research and Behavioral Science
2001 : MAR-APR, VOL. 18:2, p. 171-180 |
| Index terms: | MODELS METHODOLOGY ETHICS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This is an analysis of viability in a small village in northern Sweden and contribution to testing the multi-modal systems method (MMSM a useful tool to handle a large body of data from device sources. With the aid of the method, factors important to a village's life were selected and relationships between them analyzed, to see if they promoted threatened viability. Relationships are characteristic of a small community and it is argued that viability is best understood by examining relationships. MMSM proved a useful tool for studying relationships between the factors selected, between various modalities of community life, and between community groups. |
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