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From: A framework to observe and evaluate the sustainability of human–natural systems in a complex dynamic context

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Visualizing sustainability boundaries with a focus– system and the background. Note: By separating the focus–system from the ‘background’ and observing them together, the focus–system is placed in a bigger context. In addition, by interchanging the focus–system and its ‘background’, the significance of their parts and their relationships to the whole can be captured.

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