Environmental impacts of globalization and trade a systems study
Record details
- ISBN: 9780585436784 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0585436789 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0262278510 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780262278515 (electronic bk.)
-
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xx, 253 pages) : illustrations, maps.
remote
electronic resource - Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Introduction: The Challenges. 1.1. Current Views. 1.2. Social and Natural Environments. 1.3. The Role of Computation. 1.4. Meeting the Challenges -- 2. Lateral Pressure Theory. 2.1. The Classics. 2.2. Clarifying Concepts and Contentions. 2.3. Lateral Pressure as Linkage Theory. 2.4. Lateral Pressure Extended. 2.5. Methods and Strategy. 2.6. Toward Robust Specification -- 3. Contextual Imperatives. 3.1. Geographic Analysis. 3.2. Time-Series Analysis. 3.3. Conclusion -- 4. Untangling Complex Linkages: Statistical Analysis. 4.1. Prevailing Contentions. 4.2. The Simplest View: Univariate Analysis. 4.3. The View Less Simple: Bivariate Analysis. 4.4. The Complex View: Multivariate Analysis. 4.5. Conclusion: Revising the Contentions -- 5. Exploring Complexity: System Dynamics Analysis. 5.1. Recalling Analytic Tensions. 5.2. Representing Analytic Tensions. 5.3. The Environmental Lateral Pressure Model. 5.4. Critical Inferences and Implications -- 6. Conclusion: Implications for Theory, Methods, and Policy. 6.1. Theoretical Extensions. 6.2. Methodological Advances. 6.3. Policy Consequences. 6.4. Next Steps. App. A. Complex Structures and Dynamics -- App. B. Conditional Plot Analysis -- App. C. Latitude and Longitude Analysis -- App. D. TC x GNP Texts -- App. E. Dynamic Model Equations -- App. F. Nonlinear Relationship Analysis -- App. G. Dynamic Equilibrium Analysis. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
Search for related items by subject
Genre: | Electronic books. |
Search for related items by series
Electronic resources
- Click here to connect to this title.