Place and health as complex systems : a case study and empirical test /: a case study and empirical test. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brian Castellani, Rajeev Rajaram, J. Galen Buckwalter, Michael Ball, Frederic Hafferty.
• Authors: Castellani, Brian, 1966-
• Contents: The Complexities of Place Approach -- Definitional Test of Complex Systems -- Case-Based Modeling and the SACS Toolkit -- Methods -- Places are Complex -- Places are Emergent and Self-Organizing -- Places are Nodes Within Larger Networks -- Places are Dynamic and Evolving -- Places are Nonlinear -- Places are Subjective and Historical -- Places are Open- Ended with Fuzzy Boundaries -- Places are Power-Based Conflicted Negotiations -- Places are Agent-Based -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 82 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 614.4/4; Medicine; Public health -- Research; Public health -- Research -- Methodology; Engineering; Human Geography; Statistical physics; MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine; MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine; MEDICAL -- Public Health; Public health -- Research; Public health -- Research -- Methodology; Technology & Engineering -- General; Science -- Physics; Social Science -- Human Geography; Science -- Mathematical Physics; Cybernetics & systems theory; Statistical physics; Human geography; Public health & preventive medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Public Health; Complexity; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity; Human Geography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319097343; 3319097342; 3319097334; 9783319097336
• Related ISBNs: 9783319097336
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 4, 2015).
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