Scale, causality, complexity and emergence : rethinking scale's ontological significance

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)



Description :
Scale remains a pivotal and contentious concept in geography. The A. surveys the discussions engaged in by critical geographers regarding the theoretical status of scale. Drawing from complex systems theory, the A. argues that scale should be understood as an ontological category essential to understanding causality. Research on the relationship between university-based poultry scientists and the poultry industry illustrates the explanatory potential of poly-scalar analysis.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Transactions - Institute of British Geographers (1965), issn : 0020-2754, 2009, vol. 34, n°. 4, p. 462-474, nombre de pages : 13

Date :
2009

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Institute of British Geographers