Causal loop diagrams

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Who it’s for: Complete beginners to system dynamics modelling who want to start by learning how to draw a causal loop diagram.

Why we love it: This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of causal loop diagrams (CLDs) for beginners. It outlines a methodology for creating CLDs, discusses where you might want to use CLDs, and examines their strengths and weaknesses. The chapter also provides helpful examples, including well-known CLDs used to study public health phenomena like obesity, and a step-by-step guide to created CLDs.

Citation: Barbrook-Johnson, P., & Penn, A. S. (2022). Causal Loop Diagrams. In P. Barbrook-Johnson & A. S. Penn (Eds.), Systems Mapping: How to build and use causal models of systems (pp. 47–59). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01919-7_4