Discontinuities in Ecosystems and Other Complex Systems

Klappentext Are ecosystems and their components continuously distributed and do they adhere to scaling laws! or are they discontinuous and more complex than early models would have us believe? This book argues that ecosystems are inherently discontinuous and that ecology! economics! and urban studies benefit from this paradigm shift. Zusammenfassung Are ecosystems and their components continuously distributed and do they adhere to scaling laws! or are they discontinuous and more complex than early models would have us believe? This book argues that ecosystems are inherently discontinuous and that ecology! economics! and urban studies benefit from this paradigm shift.

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• Authors: Craig R. Holling Allen
• Assisted by: Craig R. Allen (Editor), Allen Craig R. (Editor), C. S. Holling (Editor), Holling C. S. (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2008
• EAN: 9780231144452
• ISBN: 978-0-231-14445-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Complexity in Ecological Systems
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, Conservation of the environment, Science / Environmental Science, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Earth Sciences, Science; nature