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This title focuses on the evolution of the modeling process and on new research perspectives in theoretical and applied geography, as well as spatial planning. In the last 50 years, the achievements of spatial analysis models opened the way to a new understanding of the relationship between society and geographical space. In this book, these models are confronted by the real conditions of territorial prospect, regional dynamism, cultural policy, HMO, and spatial segregation. This confrontation takes into account the instability of social behavior and the permanence of partial determinist trajectories.
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The Modeling Process in Geography
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The Modeling Process in Geography From Determinism to Complexity
Edited by Yves Guermond
First published in France in 2005 by Hermes Science/Lavoisier entitled: “Modélisations en géographie : déterminismes et complexités” First published in Great Britain and the United States in 2008 by ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms and licenses issued by the CLA. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside these terms should be sent to the publishers at the undermentioned address: ISTE Ltd 27-37 St George’s Road London SW19 4EU UK
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© ISTE Ltd, 2008 © LAVOISIER, 2005 The rights of Yves Guermond to be identified as the author of this work have been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Modélisations en géographie. English. The modeling process in geography : from determinism to complexity / edited by Yves Guermond. p. cm. "First published in France in 2005 by Hermes Science/Lavoisier entitled: 'Modélisations en géographie : déterminismes et complexités'." Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-84821-087-5 1. Regional planning. 2. Human geography. 3. Geographic information systems. I. Guermond, Yves. II. Title. HT391.M625513 2008 307.1'2--dc22 2008035145 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-1-84821-087-5 Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham, Wiltshire.
Table of Contents
Foreword. The Taste for Measuring and Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Nicole MATHIEU Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv Chapter 1. The Place of Both the Model and Modeling in HSS . Patrice LANGLOIS and Daniel REGUER 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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