Integral Dynamics

August 13, 2007

Emigration from the UK

In the Daily Express of 2007-08-05 I read the article titled,

4.000 People a week trying to leave UK

in which it was stated that,

BRITAIN is facing a mass exodus of people looking to escape the crime and grime of modern living.

And many cite their reason for wanting to quit as immigration to these shores – and the burden it is placing on their communities and local authorities. The dearth of good schools, spiralling house prices, rising crime and tax increases are also driving people away.

Based on this article I have developed a first pre-concept draft of a Causal Loop Diagram (CLD, see at the end of the article) to get a beter view of the integral dynamics. I will improve the model based on feedback and other stories regarding emigration and immigration.

Based on the CLD I developed the following Open-Ended Issues Table with my Integral Dynamics Estimated Assessments of the factors in the CLD.

Open-Ended Issue Remote Unlikely Even
Chance
Probably,
Likely
Almost
certainly
Crime rising        
Education quality decreases          
Emigration will rise          
Housing, affordable quality decreases          
Immigration will rise          
Local government services become overstretched          
Population number is rising          
Tax increases          
Open-Ended Issue Remote Unlikely Even
Chance
Probably,
Likely
Almost
certainly

Looking at the OEI-Table it is quit clear that this is certainly a complex of Open-Ended Issues in need of a Policy Claim. But that’s for a later moment.

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