Call number:
PIK N 076-12-0039
;
PIK N 076-12-0288
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: 1. Introduction ; Part I: THEORY OF CRITICAL TRANSITIONS ; 2. Alternative Stable States ; 3. Cycles and Chaos ; 4. Emergent Patterns in Complex Systems ; 5. Implications of Fluctuations, Heterogeneity, and Diversity ; 6. Conclusion: From Theoretical Concepts to Reality ; PART II: CASE STUDIES ; 7. Lakes ; 8. Climate ; 9. Evolution ; 10. Oceans ; 11. Terrestrial Ecosystems ; 12. Humans ; 13. Conclusion: Critical Transitions in a Complex World ; PART III: DEALING WITH CRITICAL TRANSITIONS ; 14. How to Know if Alternative Basins of Attraction Exist ; 15. How to Know if a Threshold Is Near ; 16. The Winding Road from Science to Policy ; 17. New Approaches to Managing Change ; 18. Prospects ; Appendix
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XI, 384 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:
9780691122045
Series Statement:
Princeton studies in complexity
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
PIK Library
Branch Library:
PIK Library
