Complexity's Effects on Integrated Resource Management

Abstract

The goal of integrated environmental
resource management is to preserve and
improve the condition of an environment
influenced by human activity. Different aims
often conflict with one another, and the term
"integrated" implies that resource
management should be tackled from all
angles. A comprehensive viewpoint, taking
into account all possible trade-offs and varied
factors. However, we have a long way to go
before we can completely implement
integrated resource management that takes
into consideration the human-technologyenvironment system complexity. A command
and control style of management has long
been used to address environmental issues
and manage resources. New management
strategies have been developed in response to
the growing understanding of the
interconnectedness of environmental
challenges and human-technologyenvironment systems. Based on the
understanding that managed systems are
complex adaptive systems, the study
highlights the significance of focusing on the
transition to new management paradigms. It
makes arguments for the necessity of
developing techniques that combine
techniques from hard and soft systems
analysis as well as the significance of social
learning processes. Soft systems analysis
emphasizes the significance of perceptions
that are subjective and reality that are
socially formed. In management science,
where the social system has traditionally been
the primary objective of management,
methodologies for soft systems and strategies
for developing group models are highly
prevalent. Future research directions and
promising advancements are discussed. The
paper's conclusion emphasizes the necessity of
multidisciplinary, by emphasizing the need
for reforms in the scientific community,
system-oriented, and trans-disciplinary
research can be promoted.