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... effect of b is to cause c . Many of our own individual actions still have this character . That is really because ... effects of human societies on their surroundings are now so powerful that it is no longer adequate to concentrate on ...
... effect of b is to cause c . Many of our own individual actions still have this character . That is really because ... effects of human societies on their surroundings are now so powerful that it is no longer adequate to concentrate on ...
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... effects on the system than alterations at others ; moving one particular item from a house of cards may bring the whole thing tumb- ling down , whereas removing many other items may have much less effect . If one is trying to alter a ...
... effects on the system than alterations at others ; moving one particular item from a house of cards may bring the whole thing tumb- ling down , whereas removing many other items may have much less effect . If one is trying to alter a ...
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... effects of one change upon another . The method is described fully by Gordon and Hayward ( 1968 ) . The object of conducting a Cross - Impact Matrix analysis is to generate a set of possible future events in which the effect of each ...
... effects of one change upon another . The method is described fully by Gordon and Hayward ( 1968 ) . The object of conducting a Cross - Impact Matrix analysis is to generate a set of possible future events in which the effect of each ...
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