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BL
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959935
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b714305
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Pulselli, Riccardo M.
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| Title & Author
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City out of chaos : : urban self-organization and sustainability /\ Riccardo M. Pulselli Enzo Tiezzi.
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| Publication Statement
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Southampton, UK ;Billerica, MA :: WIT Press,, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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Sustainable world ;; v. 19
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xiv, 161 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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1845641337
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: 9781845641337
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. Entropy and time -- 2. Space and time -- 3. Order out of chaos -- 4. Networks -- 5. Flows and stocks -- 6. Good government -- 7. Mobile geographies -- 8. Indeterminacy -- 9. Chaos and design.
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| Abstract
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"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."--Jacket.
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Cities and towns-- Growth.
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Human ecology.
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Human geography.
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Self-organizing systems.
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Sustainable development.
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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Développement durable.
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Écologie humaine.
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Écologie urbaine.
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Systèmes auto-organisés.
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Villes-- Croissance.
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auto-organisation-- ville.
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Cities and towns-- Growth.
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développement durable-- écologie humaine-- ville.
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écologie urbaine.
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Human ecology.
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Human geography.
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Nachhaltigkeit
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Self-organizing systems.
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Stadtentwicklung
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Sustainable development.
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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| Dewey Classification
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307.76
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| LC Classification
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HT241.P85 2009
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| Added Entry
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Tiezzi, Enzo.
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