Ecodynamics

Author : C. A. Brebbia
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781845646547

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Ecodynamics by C. A. Brebbia Pdf

This book contains a series of outstanding contributions on ecodynamics that appeared in limited editions before the emergence of the International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics, which has now become the primary focus for this area of research.The aim of ecodynamics is to relate ecosystems to evolutionary thermodynamics, which can lead to appropriate solutions for sustainable development. The contributions published in this volume relate to all aspects of ecosystems and sustainable development, ranging from physical sciences to economics and epistemology.The world of ecosystems has been dominated by the towering personality of Ilya Prigogine to whom this volume is dedicated. The first article is an extract from his autobiography written shortly before he died.Prigogine's ideas are directly reflected in many of the contributions in this volume. He helped set up numerous research groups all around the world, including that at Siena University headed by the late Enzo Tiezzi. He also influenced the work of Sven Jorgensen, Bernard Patten, Robert Ulanowicz, Simone Bastianoni, Nadia Marchettini, Ricardo Pulselli, T-S Chon, to name just a few amongst the many authors contributing to this volume.This compilation of influential papers currently unavailable in the open literature will make an important contribution to the field of ecodynamics.

Author : Wilfried Wolff,Carl-J. Soeder,Friedhelm R. Drepper
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642739538

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Ecodynamics by Wilfried Wolff,Carl-J. Soeder,Friedhelm R. Drepper Pdf

Given the problems of the environment in relation to the ever-growing civi lization activities of man, it is not surprising that in recent years more and more related data have been collected, phenomena have been observed and concerns have been expressed. The ecological systems of man's environment react to the impact of these civilization activities. In fact, quite often these reactions occur as shocks and surprises. Acid rain and the related forest die backs are but one example. Ecological systems consist of many compo nents and their dynamics is thus complex. The study of complexity is the underlying theme for work at KFA Jiilich. A major part of this work concerns the physics of condensed matter, including polymers, spin glasses, surfaces and layers. Another part relates to micro electronics in the submicrometre range in its relation to the design of vector and parallel computers. Supercomputing characterizes this search for the understanding of complexity further. But equally the work on the chemistry of the atmosphere, radio agronomy, biotechnology and research on informa tion processing on the molecular level must also be mentioned. To make the picture complete, at KFA Jiilich work on reactor technology, fusion research and energy systems of course continues. These are complex systems too.

Author : Kirill Y. Kondratyev,Vladimir F. Krapivin,V. P. Savinykh,Costas A. Varotsos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 715 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642186363

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Global Ecodynamics by Kirill Y. Kondratyev,Vladimir F. Krapivin,V. P. Savinykh,Costas A. Varotsos Pdf

Opening with a survey of contemporary global ecodynamics, including its basic components, this book goes on to discuss greenhouse effect problems in the context of global carbon cycle dynamics. The coverage includes land ecosystem changes, air-sea exchange models, high-latitude environmental dynamics, and a discussion of basic aspects of global environmental modelling and relevant monitoring systems. The volume concludes by examining society systems with emphasis on the problems of sustainable development.

Author : Kirill I︠A︡kovlevich Kondratʹev
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 3540204768

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Global Ecodynamics by Kirill I︠A︡kovlevich Kondratʹev Pdf

Opening with a survey of contemporary global ecodynamics, including its basic components, this book goes on to discuss greenhouse effect problems in the context of global carbon cycle dynamics. The coverage includes land ecosystem changes, air-sea exchange models, high-latitude environmental dynamics, and a discussion of basic aspects of global environmental modelling and relevant monitoring systems. The volume concludes by examining society systems with emphasis on the problems of sustainable development.

Author : Arthur Philip Cracknell,Vladimir F. Krapivin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540782094

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Global Climatology and Ecodynamics by Arthur Philip Cracknell,Vladimir F. Krapivin Pdf

The exclusive role of natural ecosystems is a key factor in the maintenance of the biospheric equilibrium. The current global crisis is largely caused by their dramatic decline by 43% in the past hundred years. Ignoring the immutable laws and limitations which determine the existence of all living things in the biosphere could lead humanity to an ecological catastrophe. This book presents the ecological, demographic, economic and socio-psychological manifestations of the global crisis and outlines the immutable laws and limitations which determine the existence of all living things in the biosphere. The authors are eminently qualified to write about the problems associated with the global crisis and consider the causes behind humanity's conflict with its environment. V. Danilov-Danilian, Associate of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Russia's former Minister of the Environment, and K. Losev, professor at Moscow State university, are leading Russian ecologists and I. Reyf is a journalist who specializes in ecology and global development. Dr. Danilov-Danilian works on the economics of nature management, economic and mathematical model building, sustainable development theory and ecology. Dr Losev is the chief researcher and head of the division of the VINITI. All the authors have published numerous papers, articles and books on such subjects as glaciology, hydrology, environment studies, global change and sustainable development.

Author : Ramona Harrison,Ruth A. Maher
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780739185483

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Human Ecodynamics in the North Atlantic by Ramona Harrison,Ruth A. Maher Pdf

In Human Ecodynamics in the North Atlantic: A Collaborative Model of Humans and Nature through Space and Time, Ramona Harrison and Ruth A. Maherhave compiled a series of separate research projects conducted across the North Atlantic region that each contribute greatly to anthropological archaeology. This book assembles a regional model through which the reader is presented with a vivid and detailed image of the climatic events and cultures which have occupied these seas and lands for roughly a 5000-year period. It provides a model of adaptability, resilience, and sustainability that can be applied globally. First, visiting the Northern Isles of Scotland in the Orkney Islands, the reader is taken through the archaeology from the Neolithic Period through World War II in the face of sea-level rise and rapidly eroding coastlines. The Shetland Islands then reveal a deep-time study of one large-scale Iron Age excavation. On to the northern coasts of Norway, where information about late medieval maritime peoples is explained. Iceland explores human–environment interaction and implications of climate change presented from the Viking Age through the Early Modern Era. Rounding out the North Atlantic Region is Greenland, which sheds light on the Norse in the late Viking Age and the Middle Ages.

Author : Kirill Ya Kondratyev,Vladimir F. Krapivin,Costas A. Varostos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540377146

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Natural Disasters as Interactive Components of Global-Ecodynamics by Kirill Ya Kondratyev,Vladimir F. Krapivin,Costas A. Varostos Pdf

Large-scale natural catastrophes are environmental phenomena. Numerous studies in recent years have concluded that the frequency of occurrence of such natural disasters have been incereasing. leading to an enhanced risk of very considerable human and economic losses and the widespread destruction and pollution of habitats, settlements and infrastructure. In 2001 over 650 natural disasters happened around the globe with economic losses exceeding $35 billion. 2004 ended with the South East Asian tsunami on 26th December with its huge toll on life and local economics and this demonstrated that the efffects of such disasters are most keenly felt in poorer or developing regions. The problem of natural disaster prediction and the implementation of environmental monitoring systems to receive, store and process the information necessary for solutions of specific problems in this area , have been analysed by the three authors of this book, all of whom are internationally respected experts in this field.

Author : Association for Environmental Archaeology. Symposium,Association for Environmental Archaeology
Publisher : Symposia of the Association fo
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015042257462

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Human Ecodynamics by Association for Environmental Archaeology. Symposium,Association for Environmental Archaeology Pdf

The papers in this book were first presented at the Association for Environmental Archaeology conference at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1998. The aim of the conference was to encourage contributors to examine the inter-relationships between classes of data that have increasingly come to be treated in isolation and to encourage thinking about theory in environmental archaeology. Authors have focused on explicit development of theory, others on bridging barriers between different fields of study or classes of evidence. The notion that people are influenced, but not necessarily determined, by the environments in which they live, may seem like a truism, but an ecodynamic perspective however requires us to question the human impact on the environment, disregarding agrecultural influences. Human Ecodynamics discuss how people have been affecting, and affected by environmental variables around them since the biginning of time. Archaeologists are peculiarly well placed to link culture and nature together as the discipline decerns thriving socio-cultural and biological traditions. This thinking is applied to the way in which we conduct our studies of the world around us, and to the boundaries between the various disciplines and sub-disciplines into which we sub-divide the subject matter of investigation.

Author : Peer C. Fiss,Bart Cambre,Axel Marx
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781781907795

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Configurational Theory and Methods in Organizational Research by Peer C. Fiss,Bart Cambre,Axel Marx Pdf

Some 20 years after the emergence of configurational theory as a key perspective in organization studies in the 1990s, this approach has yet to deliver on its promise. While we know that configurations the relative arrangement of parts and elements - matters, empirical research on configurations is just beginning to deliver on its promise.

Author : Dragan Milovanovic
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351553537

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Postmodernist and Post-Structuralist Theories of Crime by Dragan Milovanovic Pdf

This volume presents the rich and provocative historical, theoretical, methodological, and applied developments within affirmative postmodern and post-structural criminology. This includes the evolution of thought that embraces the "linguistic turn" in crime, law justice, and social change. Previously-published articles authored by key thinkers are included throughout the book's five substantive sections. Collectively, they represent important reflections on the current criminological landscape in which symbolic, linguistic, material, and cultural realms of analyses are featured.

Author : Adrian Bejan,J. Peder Zane
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780307744340

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Design in Nature by Adrian Bejan,J. Peder Zane Pdf

In this groundbreaking book, Adrian Bejan takes the recurring patterns in nature—trees, tributaries, air passages, neural networks, and lightning bolts—and reveals how a single principle of physics, the constructal law, accounts for the evolution of these and many other designs in our world. Everything—from biological life to inanimate systems—generates shape and structure and evolves in a sequence of ever-improving designs in order to facilitate flow. River basins, cardiovascular systems, and bolts of lightning are very efficient flow systems to move a current—of water, blood, or electricity. Likewise, the more complex architecture of animals evolve to cover greater distance per unit of useful energy, or increase their flow across the land. Such designs also appear in human organizations, like the hierarchical “flowcharts” or reporting structures in corporations and political bodies. All are governed by the same principle, known as the constructal law, and configure and reconfigure themselves over time to flow more efficiently. Written in an easy style that achieves clarity without sacrificing complexity, Design in Nature is a paradigm-shifting book that will fundamentally transform our understanding of the world around us.

Author : Adam Izdebski,John Haldon,Piotr Filipkowski
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030941376

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Perspectives on Public Policy in Societal-Environmental Crises by Adam Izdebski,John Haldon,Piotr Filipkowski Pdf

This is an open access book. Histories we tell never emerge in a vacuum, and history as an academic discipline that studies the past is highly sensitive to the concerns of the present and the heated debates that can divide entire societies. But does the study of the past also have something to teach us about the future? Can history help us in coping with the planetary crisis we are now facing? By analyzing historical societies as complex adaptive systems, we contribute to contemporary thinking about societal-environmental interactions in policy and planning and consider how environmental and climatic changes, whether sudden high impact events or more subtle gradual changes, impacted human responses in the past. We ask how societal perceptions of such changes affect behavioral patterns and explanatory rationalities in premodernity, and whether a better historical understanding of these relationships can inform our response to contemporary problems of similar nature and magnitude, such as adapting to climate change.

Author : Péter Érdi,János Tóth
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Chemical reactions
ISBN : 0719022088

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Mathematical Models of Chemical Reactions by Péter Érdi,János Tóth Pdf

Author : Robert Layton,Peter Ucko
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134828357

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The Archaeology and Anthropology of Landscape by Robert Layton,Peter Ucko Pdf

The Archaeology and Anthropology of Landscape contributes to the development of theory in archaeology and anthropology, provides new and varied case studies of landscape and environment from five continents, and raises important policy issues concerning development and the management of heritage.

Author : Robert H. Samet
Publisher : 4-Scene Development Corpora
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-24
Category : Change
ISBN : 9781439214343

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Long-range Futures Research by Robert H. Samet Pdf

This highly readable study explains how complexity science provides an evolutionary model for the civil system, with a new world view that out-ranges United Nations reference scenarios to beyond 2150.