LEADER 05623nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910139506703321 005 20170809152943.0 010 $a1-282-25385-9 010 $a9786613814500 010 $a0-470-61172-3 010 $a0-470-60804-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000005882 035 $a(EBL)477670 035 $a(OCoLC)609853555 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000354497 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11275364 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000354497 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10302377 035 $a(PQKB)10433127 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC477670 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000005882 100 $a20080809d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe modeling process in geography$b[electronic resource] $efrom determinism to complexity /$fedited by Yves Guermond 210 $aHoboken, NJ $cJohn Wiley & Sons$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (378 p.) 225 1 $aISTE ;$vv.127 300 $a"First published in France in 2005 by Hermes Science/Lavoisier entitled: 'Mode?lisations en ge?ographie : determinismes et complexites'." 311 $a1-84821-087-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Modeling Process in Geography: From Determinism to Complexity; Table of Contents; Foreword. The Taste for Measuring and Modeling; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. The Place of Both the Model and Modeling in HSS; 1.1. Models and modeling: definitions; 1.2. The mathematical concept of a model; 1.2.1. The semantic conception; 1.2.2. The empirical concept; 1.2.3. Links between the mathematical model and its object; 1.3. Is there a specificity of HSS?; 1.4. Modeling: explain to understand?; 1.5. Bibliography; Chapter 2. From Classic Models to Incremental Models 327 $a2.1. The geographic "object"2.2. Lessons from the "classic models"; 2.3. Introduction to dynamics and auto-organization; 2.4. From auto-organization to complexity; 2.5. Spatial agents; 2.6. Incremental modeling; 2.7. Bibliography; Chapter 3. The Formalization of Knowledge in a Reality Simplifying System; 3.1. Formalizing a complex cultural system using a series of perspectives; 3.1.1. An initial perspective on culture and the city: the French example; 3.1.2. A simplification of the cultural system in place in France that is transposable to other countries; 3.1.3. Culture: possible measures 327 $a3.1.4. Culture in a centralized state: a French diagnostic turned towards the elaboration of a transposable investigation protocol3.1.5. The necessary re-formulation of knowledge to overcome the successive and qualitative steps of advancement; 3.2. Differentiation of the system of cities by culture: contribution of the spatial analysis for testing the "global cultural model"; 3.2.1. A methodological investigation to define the cultural potential of British and French cities and their competitive capacity 327 $a3.2.2. A comparative intra-urban study of two cities: similar disparities at the heart of the urban areas of Rouen and Brighton3.3. Alternative formalizations; 3.3.1. Measuring urban cultural potential; 3.3.2. A way to better define the global operation of the cultural system; 3.4. Conclusion; 3.5. Bibliography; Chapter 4. Modeling and Territorial Forecasting: Issues at Stake in the Modeling of Re?union's Spatial System; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. A few major theoretical breakthroughs for modeling spatial complexity; 4.3. Modeling and territorial forecasting of the socio-spatial system of Re?union 327 $a4.3.1. Spatial complexity and social urgency in Re?union or future deviations4.3.2. The trend scenarios or the probable future; 4.3.3. Catastrophic scenarios/unacceptable futures; 4.3.4. Reformist scenarios/desirable futures; 4.4. Modeling of Re?union's socio-spatial system; 4.4.1. Graphic modeling of Re?union's complexity; 4.5. Towards a modeling of the dynamics of Re?union's system; 4.6. Conclusion; 4.7. Bibliography; Chapter 5. One Model May Conceal Another: Models of Health Geographies; 5.1. Modeling in order to surpass descriptions?; 5.2. Mode of the models and models in vogue 327 $a5.2.1. 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