The International Council on Systems Engineering has long declared a wish to extend the scope of application of systems engineering from its traditional sphere of complex technical systems to more complex sociotechnical systems. The Segura River reclamation project was a successful systems engineering project, involving water treatment and management and environmental regeneration, which falls squarely into the latter category. Taking lessons from this project, the paper sets out to understand the circumstances in which systems engineering can be successful in guiding and managing interventions in nontraditional domains such as transportation, housing, infrastructure, health and environmental systems. This involves an analysis using critical systems thinking. The paper also seeks to suggest how systems engineering must change to ensure success in circumstances that are less propitious for its theory and practice than in the Segura case.

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塞古拉河填海项目的系统工程课程：关键的系统思维分析

国际系统工程理事会长期以来一直希望将系统工程的应用范围从其复杂技术系统的传统领域扩展到更复杂的社会技术系统。塞古拉河填海工程是一个成功的系统工程项目，涉及水处理和管理以及环境再生，这正好属于后者。本文从该项目中汲取了教训，着手了解在何种情况下系统工程可以成功地指导和管理非传统领域的干预措施，例如交通，住房，基础设施，卫生和环境系统。这涉及使用关键系统思维的分析。