Environmental Systems : : Philosophy, Analysis and Control / / Richard J. Chorley, Robert John Bennett.

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1979
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1448
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Physical Description:1 online resource (638 p.)
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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