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Lessons for systems engineering from the Segura River reclamation project: A critical systems thinking analysis

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  • Miguel A. Rodenas
  • Michael C. Jackson

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The International Council on Systems Engineering has long declared a wish to extend the scope of application of systems engineering from its traditional sphere of complex technical systems to more complex sociotechnical systems. The Segura River reclamation project was a successful systems engineering project, involving water treatment and management and environmental regeneration, which falls squarely into the latter category. Taking lessons from this project, the paper sets out to understand the circumstances in which systems engineering can be successful in guiding and managing interventions in nontraditional domains such as transportation, housing, infrastructure, health and environmental systems. This involves an analysis using critical systems thinking. The paper also seeks to suggest how systems engineering must change to ensure success in circumstances that are less propitious for its theory and practice than in the Segura case.

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  • Miguel A. Rodenas & Michael C. Jackson, 2021. "Lessons for systems engineering from the Segura River reclamation project: A critical systems thinking analysis," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(3), pages 368-376, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:srbeha:v:38:y:2021:i:3:p:368-376
    DOI: 10.1002/sres.2789
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    1. David Rousseau, 2019. "A vision for advancing systems science as a foundation for the systems engineering and systems practice of the future," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(5), pages 621-634, September.
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    3. David Rousseau, 2020. "The Theoretical Foundation(s) for Systems Engineering? Response to Yearworth," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(1), pages 188-191, January.
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    1. Michael C. Jackson, 2021. "Critical systems practice 2: Produce—Constructing a multimethodological intervention strategy," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(5), pages 594-609, October.

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