Author: CHRISTIANE.. ARBARETPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : fr
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CHANGEMENT SOCIAL ET PRODUCTION DE L'URBAIN.APPROCHE SYSTEMIQUE
Author: CHRISTIANE.. ARBARETChangement social et production de l'urbain
Author: Christiane Arbaret
Author: Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251389632
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Approche systémique en sciences de la population
Author: Guide to Microforms in Print
Author: Anthropologica
Author: Assignment children
Author: Hierarchy in Natural and Social Sciences
Author: Denise PumainPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402041276
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Hierarchy is a form of organisation of complex systems that rely on or produce a strong differentiation in capacity (power and size) between the parts of the system. It is frequently observed within the natural living world as well as in social institutions. According to the authors, hierarchy results from random processes, follows an intentional design, or is the result of the organisation which ensures an optimal circulation of energy for information. This book reviews ancient and modern representations and explanations of hierarchies, and compares their relevance in a variety of fields, such as language, societies, cities, and living species. It throws light on concepts and models such as scaling laws, fractals and self-organisation that are fundamental in the dynamics and morphology of complex systems. At a time when networks are celebrated for their efficiency, flexibility and better social acceptance, much can be learned about the persistent universality and adaptability of hierarchies, and from the analogies and differences between biological and social organisation and processes. This book addresses a wide audience of biologists and social scientists, as well as managers and executives in a variety of institutions.
Invisible Walls
Author: Peter SeidelPublisher:
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Explains how society has ruined the environment by trying to improve their way of life and discusses how the latest technological advances are doing the worst damage to the planet.
The Oxford Handbook of the African Sahel
Author: Leonardo A. VillalónPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192548913
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Long on the margins of both scholarly and policy concerns, the countries of the West African Sahel have recently attracted world attention, primarily as a key battleground in the global 'war on terror'. This book moves beyond this narrow focus, providing a multidimensional and interdisciplinary assessment of the region in all of its complexity. The focus is on the six countries at the heart of the Sahelian geographic space: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad. Collectively, the chapters explore the commonalities and interconnections that link these countries and their fates, while also underscoring their diversity and the variations in their current realities. The Sahel today is at an important crossroads, under multiple pressures of diverse kinds: environmental, political, demographic, and economic, as well as rapidly changing social and religious dynamics. It is also marked by striking dynamism and experimentation, drawing on a long history of innovation and cultural transfer. In many ways the Sahel is today on the cutting edge of grand natural experiments exploring how humans will adapt to climate change, to technological innovation, to the global movement of populations and the restructuring of world politics, to urbanization, social change, and rapid demographic growth, and to inter-religious contact. The region is a weathervane on the front lines of the forces of global change. In nine thematic sections, the chapters in this book offer holistic analyses of the key forces shaping the region. Including scholars based in Africa, Europe, and the United States, the authors represent an exceptional breadth and depth of expertise on the Sahel.