Coupled Societies are More Robust Against Collapse : A Hypothetical Look at Easter Island
- Submitting institution
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University of Bristol
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 94608466
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.11.003
- Title of journal
- Ecological Economics
- Article number
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- First page
- 264
- Volume
- 132
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0921-8009
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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A - Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy
- Citation count
- 9
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- The paper reports the first model of societal collapse in coupled societies, demonstrating that where multiple societies are coupled by flows of people, resources and money, their tendency to collapse due to over-exploitation of resources is diminished. This has relevance to current global political and environmental trends in which over-exploitation of resources in developing countries is coupled with economic growth in countries such as China. The work contributed to the graduation of a PhD student (now postdoc at the Oxford Centre for Study of Existential Risk) in an interdisciplinary research area of recognised significance: complex systems simulation for social policy.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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