Emergence Unites Ecology and Society

The effort to combine analysis of ecosystems and social systems requires a firm theoretical basis. When humans are present in an ecosystem, their actions affect emergent structures; this paper examines forms of emergence that account for the presence of humans. Humans monitor and regulate ecosystems...

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Main Author: Ronald L. Trosper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2005-06-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol10/iss1/art14/