The Linnaean system classified nature within a nested hierarchy, starting with three kingdoms.

They proposed the use of the following five general segmentation criteria which they arranged in a nested hierarchy:

Such systems often allow child windows to embed other windows inside them as well, creating complex nested hierarchies.

The theory of time as conflict - nested hierarchy of unresolvable conflicts.

A nested hierarchy or inclusion hierarchy is a hierarchical ordering of nested sets.

Taxonomies may change frequently (as seen in biological taxonomy), but the underlying concept of nested hierarchies is always the same.

Taxonomy is based on the fact that all organisms are related to each other in nested hierarchies based on shared characteristics.

The scientific classification system anchors each organism within the nested hierarchy of internationally-accepted classification categories.

A fourth element is the nested hierarchy of streets that distinguishes between connectivity and permeability at the neighbourhood level.

A nested hierarchy on the other hand distributes the flow at each volume level to alternative paths.