system

dynamics, 12, 23, 185, 191–192, 194, 197, 200–202, 213, 219, 250, 253, 256

dynamics model, 192–193, 196, 198, 206, 213–214, 216, 220, 228, 233, 243–245, 257

dynamics modelling, 11, 13–14, 186, 192–194, 196–198, 202–203, 206, 213, 222, 227, 242–243, 246, 253–254, 257

theory, 157, 191, 200

thinking, 45, 52, 197, 199–200, 256

systematic engineering, 8

technological

innovation, 24

optimism, 24, 98, 105

pessimism, 24, 105

testing tool, 191

theoretical

construction, 49

core, 155

framework, 17, 25, 41, 49, 54–55, 116, 186

theory, 3, 5, 7–8, 11, 24, 26–27, 29, 37, 41, 48–49, 51–53, 55, 57–58, 60, 62–64, 66, 78, 80–81, 86–87, 89, 99, 110, 113, 116, 153–157, 159, 161, 163, 174, 183, 185–188, 191–192, 197, 199–201, 244, 250–252, 255–257

threshold, 18–19, 199

top-down, 8, 135–136, 163, 177, 212

top priority, 4, 8

trade-off, 4, 84, 86, 121, 143, 172–174, 190, 254

traditional

agriculture, 5, 118, 122, 130–134, 136, 138, 148, 150, 154, 159, 167, 182

culture, 14, 65, 67, 135, 161

discipline, 3, 200

heritage, 91

train of thought, 251

transdisciplinarity, 34–36, 38

transdisciplinary approach, 10, 17, 38, 41, 110, 189, 197, 202, 251, 254

transdiscipline, 84

trans-science, 84–85, 256

uncertainty, 27, 62, 78–79, 81, 108, 170, 199, 242

universality, 29

unlimited growth, 3

unsustainability, 121

validation, 196, 227, 230

value free, 20–21, 74, 111

value system, 89, 95, 255

world ecological agriculture, 147