Unruly complexity : ecology, interpretation, engagement /

Ambitiously identifying fresh issues in the study of complex systems, Peter J. Taylor, in a model of interdisciplinary exploration, makes these concerns accessible to scholars in the fields of ecology, environmental science, and science studies. Unruly Complexity explores concepts used to deal with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taylor, Peter J., 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Temas:
Ecology > Philosophy.
Ecology > Simulation methods.
Science > Social aspects.
Ecology.
Ecology
Écologie > Philosophie.
Écologie > Méthodes de simulation.
Sciences > Aspect social.
Écologie.
ecology.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
NATURE > Ecology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Ecology > Philosophy
Ecology > Simulation methods
Science > Social aspects
Sozialökologie
Modellierung
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Modeling ecological complexity. Problems of boundedness in modeling ecological systems
  • Open sites in model building
  • II. Interpreting ecological modelers in their complex social context. Metaphors and allegory in the origins of systems ecology
  • Reconstructing heterogeneous webs in socio-environmental research
  • III. Engaging reflexively within ecological, scientific, and social complexity. Reflecting on researchers' diverse resources
  • Reasoned understandings and social change in research on common resources: introducing a framework to keep tensions active, productive, and ever-present.

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