To
address issues both here in the U.S., and in our international community within
the diaspora a clear understanding of how to address issues within our
communities must be understood by each of us as emergency management
professionals.
A systems approach focuses on the linkages,
interconnections and interrelationships between different parts of a
system. From simple system, to complex-complex
systems with built-in feedback and controls designed within the
system. The urban system includes
economics and livelihoods, politics and governance, society and culture,
infrastructure and services, and finally space and settlements. These aspects
of the urban context are all interconnected, dynamic and changing.