The concept of scale and the human dimensions of global change: a survey
The concept of scale and the human dimensions of global change: a survey
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DOI：
10.1016/s0921-8009(99)00092-0
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发表时间：
2000-02-01
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7
通讯作者：
Ahn, TK
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作者：
Gibson, CC;Ostrom, E;Ahn, TK
与生态现象的规模有关的问题对它们的研究至关重要。当然，环境变化的原因和后果可以在不同层次和沿着多个尺度上加以衡量。虽然自然科学早已认识到规模的重要性，但社会科学中有关规模的研究却不那么明确。不太精确。更多变。然而，跨自然科学/社会科学鸿沟的跨学科工作的需求日益增长，要求每个人都对缩放问题达成一些共识。本概览旨在通过审查社会科学中采用的规模概念的一些较重要方面，特别是涉及全球环境变化的人的方面，促进自然科学家和社会科学家之间的对话。该调查介绍了规模的基本原理。探讨了社会科学中四个典型的一般标度问题，并探讨了不同的社会科学学科如何在其研究中使用标度。(C)2000 Elsevier Science B. V.保留所有权利。
Issues related to the scale of ecological phenomena are of fundamental importance to their study. The causes and consequences of environmental change can, of course, be measured at different levels and along multiple scales. While the natural sciences have long understood the importance of scale, research regarding scale in the social sciences has been less explicit. less precise. and more variable. The growing need for interdisciplinary work across the natural/social science divide, however, demands that each achieve some common understandings about scaling issues. This survey seeks to facilitate the dialogue between natural and social scientists by reviewing some of the more important aspects of the concept of scale employed in the social sciences, especially as they relate to the human dimensions of global environmental change. The survey presents the fundamentals of scale. examines four general scaling issues typical of social science, and explores how different social science disciplines have used scale in their research. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.