Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Pulselli, Riccardo M.  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur
Tiezzi, Enzo (1938-....)  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : City out of chaos [Texte imprimé] : urban self-organization and sustainability / Riccardo M. Pulselli & Enzo Tiezzi

Publication : Southampton, UK ; Billerica, MA : WIT Press, c2009

Description matérielle : xiv, 161 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm

Collection : The sustainable world ; volume 19

Lien à la collection : Sustainable world  Voir toutes les notices liées

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"The rhythms of technology and nature are out of phase. This fact underlies the global environmental crisis. Man-made perturbations, even small local ones, can trigger large-scale effects. To reinstate an alliance between humans and nature, as described by Prigogine, the father of evolutionary physics, it is necessary to learn to observe the general behaviour and evolution of real systems, including human systems in their context." "The theories of chaos and complexity can help us to understand these systems: all natural and man-made processes on our planet have a common matrix and are interconnected. Evolutionary physics is the study of the emergence of novelty from the complex fabric of relationships of which we are part. It explains the formation of living structures and their evolution in a dynamic world. Dissipative structures, steady state systems, self-organization, fluctuations and feedback are some of the concepts considered by the authors in their treatment of complex systems such as climate, society, economies and cities." "The book is specifically concerned with cities. The aim of the authors is to promote a new operative approach to the study of urban systems through an integrated, systemic view of their components and relations with the outside. Evolutionary science opens new development prospects for cities in the framework of sustainability."--BOOK JACKET

Sujet(s) : Écologie humaine -- Modèles mathématiques  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Systèmes auto-organisés  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Développement durable  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781845641337 (hbk.). - ISBN 1845641337 (hbk.)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb43637187d

Notice n° :  FRBNF43637187 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)