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Adaptation ist überall. Von der jahrmillionenlangen Veränderung der Arten über jahrhundertelange kulturelle Entwicklungen unter dem Eindruck veränderter Bedingungen, jahrelangen individuellen Antworten auf die Veränderungen im Lebenslauf und kurztaktiken emotionalen Reaktionen auf akute Belastungen bis zu blitzschnellen Anpassungen des Auges an veränderte Helligkeit: Wir passen uns immer wieder neu an, allmählich oder schnell, nützlich oder weniger nützlich. Die unterschiedlichsten Formen von menschlichen Adaptionen – körperlich, psychisch, sozial – haben bei aller Verschiedenheit doch dies gemeinsam: Sie tendieren dazu, die Passung zwischen der Ausgangskonstellation des Organismus und der Herausforderung durch die äußeren Bedingungen zu erhöhen. Anpassungen sind ein Prinzip des Lebens.

Criticism concerning some "loose speculations" about cybernetics, computers, & systems is presented, especially concerning their role in organization & planning. There is a widespread tendency to believe that human & organizational vagaries can be eliminated by some combination of the former techniques. It is equally ill advised to treat behavioral laws as extra-rational properties. It evades an important issue: they fulfill individual & organizational needs by reconciling conflicts, dealing with uncertainty, & providing adaptations to restricted capacities in collecting & processing information. An example of such an adaptation to "natural law" is suggested in the reversal of the original strategies for computer application--from attempts at large, comprehensive models to concentration on man-machine interaction. If less attention had been devoted to comprehensive models & more to selective adaptations this might have come about sooner. Criticisms about the application of management information systems appear directed at this neglect of behavioral laws. Definition of these laws permits analysis, redefinition, & refinement. This is an essential foundation for inventing & applying methods & technologies, not as superimposed abstractions but as integrated & adapted techniques. Modified HA.

In an institution characterised by hierarchy and organisational rigidity, how do military personnel accelerate adaptation to increase their chances of survival and mission success? (Survival / SWP)

"Adaptation constitutes the driving force of contemporary culture, with stories adapted across an array of media formats. However, adaptation studies has been concerned almost exclusively with textual analysis, in particular with compare-and-contrast studies of individual novel and film pairings. This has left almost completely unexamined crucial questions of how adaptations come to be made, what are the industries with the greatest stake in making them, and who the decision-makers are in the adaptation process. The Adaptation Industry re-imagines adaptation not as an abstract process, but as a material industry. It presents the adaptation industry as a cultural economy of six interlocking institutions, stakeholders and decision-makers all engaged in the actual business of adapting texts: authors; agents; publishers; book prize committees; scriptwriters; and screen producers and distributors. Through trading in intellectual property rights to cultural works, these six nodal points in the adaptation network are tightly interlinked, with success for one party potentially auguring for success in other spheres. But marked rivalries between these institutional forces also exist, with competition characterizing every aspect of the adaptation process. This book constructs an overdue sociology of contemporary literary adaptation, never losing sight of the material and institutional dimensions of this powerful process"--

Th is book addresses the complexity of urbanization, impacts of climate change andclimate change adaptation for the Metropolitan Region of Santiago de Chile, with aspecial focus on the most pressing issues of natural hazards, water and energy supply. The book exemplifi es an integrative, inter- and transdisciplinary approach (IIT) for thedevelopment of adaptation measures, their evaluation and implementation in a decisionsupport framework at the science-policy interface. It builds on scientific analyses of both social and natural scientists, a participatory process with local stakeholders, and a Regional Learning Network between large agglomerations in Latin America. All this led to the development of a Regional Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Santiago de Chile. Th e book is written for scholars of urban management, climate change, planning, governance and hazard research, as well as practitioners in local, regional and international organizations concerned with climate change, climate change impacts, and adaptation in metropolitan regions. While the regional focus is on Latin America the concepts and lessons learned are applicable and relevant to megacities around the world

Discusses the establishment of strategies for preventing both displacement & conflicts over scarce resources. It is maintained that every adaptation strategy involves developing a clear picture of the expected climate impacts, considering those impacts alongside the vulnerabilities in order to come up with possible adaptation measures, & determining the governance aspects. Efforts that have been made for disaster risk management in Mozambique & Indonesia are described, along with migration as an adaptive response when a region is no longer capable of sustaining livelihoods. Adapted from the source document.