The framework of "Modern Theory of Critical State Transitions"1,2 considers the relation between different levels of … organization in complex systems in terms of critical state transitions. A state transition between levels entails changes of scale … its functional organization can be viewed as successions of state transitions: upon state transition, the 'lower' level …

sustainability and develop a rationale for a complexity-based framework for modeling <i>transitions to sustainability</i>. We propose … transitions to sustainability. We argue that adopting a complexity theory based approach for modeling transitions requires going …>adaptive</i> approach that can support transitions. We also illustrate how this complexity-based modeling framework can be implemented;<i> i …