Complexity and Resilience in the Social and Ecological Sciences

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Flaherty, Eoin (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Environmental sociology.; Environmental geography.; Environmental management.; Environment Studies.; Environmental Sociology.; Environmental Geography.; Environmental Management.

'There are books one reads and which provide so much of value that it is immediately obvious that they will shape your own way of thinking and working for a long time to come. Paul Cilliers' Complexity and Postmodernism (1998) had that effect on me and continues to do so. Flaherty has writ...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword; David Byrne.-Introduction
• Chapter 1. A Brief History of Systemic Thought in the Social and Natural Sciences
• Chapter 2. Complexity Theory: Societies as Complex Systems
• Chapter 3. Social-Ecological Resilience: Human Ecology as Theory of the Middle Range
• Chapter 4. Contextualising Complex Systems: Modes of Production and Social-Ecological Metabolism
• Chapter 5. Conclusion: A Complexity-Informed Approach to the Study of Social-Ecological Systems.