Environmental systems : philosophy, analysis, and control /
Here is an indispensable text and reference book for anyone interested in a systems approach to environmental studies. It will be useful not only to geographers but also to ecologists and other environmental scientists; planners; economists and other social scientists; philosophers; and applied math...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
1978.
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| Series: | Princeton legacy library.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv3f8rm2 |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- 1. The philosophy of environmental systems
- Part I. Hard systems
- 2. Systems methods
- 3. Control systems
- 4. Space-time systems
- Part II. Soft Systems
- 5. Cognitive systems
- 6. Decision making systems
- Part III. Complex systems
- 7. Physico-ecological systems
- 8. Socio-economic systems
- Part IV. Systems interfacing
- 9. Systems interfacing
- 10. Conclusion: future problems
- Appendices
- References
- Index of persons
- Subject index