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Environmental Planner Skills: System Thinking

By thinking in systems, Filipino environmental planners can influence more impactful changes.

Why is system thinking an essential skill for environmental planners?

By thinking in systems, Filipino environmental planners can influence more impactful changes.

What is system thinking?

The art and science of making reliable inferences about behavior by developing an increasingly deep understanding of underlying structure.

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Why should Filipino environmental planners think in systems?

  • To examine linkages between components of a defined system
  • To determine the components with the highest impacts to the system
  • To influence the system by changing the most impactful components

Learn system thinking in just 20 minutes!

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