| Author: | Matutinovic, I. |
| Title: | The aspects and role of diversity in socioeconomic systems: an evolutionary perspective |
| Journal: | Ecological Economics
2001 : NOV, VOL. 39:2, p. 239-256 |
| Index terms: | Sociotechnical systems Culture Diversity Ecology |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper proposes the hypothesis of required socioeconomic diversity if systematic coheence and integrity of the world socioeconomic system is to be maintained. The rduction of this diversity below a certain threshold may provoke a critical instability of the world economic system leading to collapses of all sizes. |
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