Critical Transitions in Nature and Society - Couverture souple

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Scheffer, Marten

 
9780691122045: Critical Transitions in Nature and Society
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ISBN 10 : 0691122040 ISBN 13 : 9780691122045
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2009

Synopsis

How do we explain the remarkably abrupt changes that sometimes occur in nature and society--and can we predict why and when they happen? This book offers a comprehensive introduction to critical transitions in complex systems--the radical changes that happen at tipping points when thresholds are passed.

Marten Scheffer accessibly describes the dynamical systems theory behind critical transitions, covering catastrophe theory, bifurcations, chaos, and more. He gives examples of critical transitions in lakes, oceans, terrestrial ecosystems, climate, evolution, and human societies. And he demonstrates how to deal with these transitions, offering practical guidance on how to predict tipping points, how to prevent "bad" transitions, and how to promote critical transitions that work for us and not against us. Scheffer shows the time is ripe for understanding and managing critical transitions in the vast and complex systems in which we live. This book can also serve as a textbook and includes a detailed appendix with equations.

  • Provides an accessible introduction to dynamical systems theory
  • Covers critical transitions in lakes, oceans, terrestrial ecosystems, the climate, evolution, and human societies
  • Explains how to predict tipping points
  • Offers strategies for preventing "bad" transitions and triggering "good" ones
  • Features an appendix with equations

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À propos de l'auteur

Marten Scheffer is professor of environmental sciences at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He is the author of Ecology of Shallow Lakes.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691122040
ISBN 13 
9780691122045
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
400
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780691122038: Critical Transitions in Nature and Society

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0691122032 ISBN 13 :  9780691122038
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2009
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