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Systems thinking and the simple plan

January 12, 2016January 12, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 133 Views boundaries, CENSE Research + Design, city building, complexity, developmental evaluation, evaluation, foresight, foresight methods, Michael Quinn Patton, planning, scale, strategic foresight, systems thinking, Toronto, urbanism

Planning is something that is done all the time, but the shape in which these plans unfold is often

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A Flood of Complexity

July 9, 2013July 9, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 107 Views Calgary, city life, complexity, emergence, environment, flood, foresight methods, infrastructure, New York City, policy, public policy, rainfall, rats, Rolling Stone, storms, strategic foresight, systems thinking, Toronto, transit, urbanism, weather

Yesterday Toronto was hit with a massive rainstorm that dumped more than 120mm of rain on parts of the city

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