System Theory in Geomorphology Challenges, Epistemological Consequences and Practical Implications [#296364]

System Theory in Geomorphology: Challenges, Epistemological Consequences and Practical Implications by Kirsten von Elverfeldt
English | PDF | 2012 | 147 Pages | ISBN : 9400728212 | 3.7 MB
Empirical research needs a profound theory to be successful. This is the simple but, in its consequences, radical approach for this study in geomorphology. It critically analyses the current system understanding and offers a new view for a geomorphology that understands systems as being open but at the same time operationally closed, as self-organized, structure-building and potentially self-referential. Kirsten von Elverfeldt succeeds in designing a theoretical framework that sets new standards within Physical Geography. By using state-of-the-art concepts in system theory, it offers also new bridges to Human Geography as well as to other neighbouring disciplines.