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" Unruly complexity : "
Peter J. Taylor
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BL
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711263
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b533452
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| Main Entry
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Taylor, Peter J.,1955-
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Unruly complexity : : ecology, interpretation, engagement /\ Peter J. Taylor
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2005
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xxi, 289 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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0226790355 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0226790363 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-282) and index
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| Contents
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I. Modeling ecological complexity. Problems of boundedness in modeling ecological systems -- Open sites in model building -- II. Interpreting ecological modelers in their complex social context. Metaphors and allegory in the origins of systems ecology -- Reconstructing heterogeneous webs in socio-environmental research -- III. Engaging reflexively within ecological, scientific, and social complexity. Reflecting on researchers' diverse resources -- Reasoned understandings and social change in research on common resources: introducing a framework to keep tensions active, productive, and ever-present
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Ecology-- Philosophy
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Ecology-- Simulation methods
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Science-- Social aspects
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Ecology
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| Dewey Classification
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577/.01/1
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QH540.5.T39 2005
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