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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960068903321

Titolo

Micro, meso, macro : addressing complex systems couplings / / editors, Hans Liljenstorm, Uno Svedin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific Pub., c2005

ISBN

9786611372729

9781281372727

1281372722

9789812701404

9812701400

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (375 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LiljenströmHans <1956->

SvedinUno <1943->

Disciplina

003

Soggetti

System theory

Science - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 System Features, Dynamics, and Resilience - Some Introductory Remarks; PART ONE The "Vertical" System Structure and Meso-Level Characteristics; PART TWO Inner and Outer Dynamics; PART THREE Resilience and Shocks; Index; List of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

In the domain of science concerned with systems structure and behavior, the issue of the relationship between the micro and the macro level is of key importance. This book concentrates on the interplay between these levels and has a special focus on the level "in between" - the meso level. An investigation of those links is made through a number of cases from different domains of science, including physics, chemistry, ecology, social science, economics and technology. What is evident is that there are facets regarding meso-level issues that are similar between cases, but also that the domains