Chapter 2: A generic conceptual framework for describing transitions in settlement systems
Year: 2021
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: The preceding chapter sets out a brief overview of the different ways in which ‘transitions’ are approached in the scientific literature, from the point of view of both the natural and the social sciences. The theoretical aspects have been emphasized. The objective here is to render this concept operative for studying the changes in ‘settlement systems’ as it is possible to observe them, on the local scale of a microregion as well as on that of the planet. Ever
Authors: Laure Nuninger, Lena Sanders, Arnaud Banos, Frédérique Bertoncello, Anne Bretagnolle, Christophe Coupé, Robin Cura, Stefani A. Crabtree, César Ducruet, François Favory, Jacques Ferber, Jean-Luc Fiches, Alain Franc, Pierre Garmy, Julie Gravier, Jean-Marie Hombert, Lahouari Kaddouri, Timothy A. Kohler, Samuel Leturcq, Thérèse Libourel, Pierre Livet, Elisabeth Lorans, Florent Le Néchet, Hélène Mathian, Lucie Nahassia, Marie-Jeanne Ouriachi, Denis Phan, Denise Pumain, Sébastien Rey-Coyrehourcq, Xavier Rodier, Clara Schmitt, Cécile Tannier, Frank Varenne, Céline Vacchiani-Marcuzzo, Elisabeth Zadora-Rio
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Agence Nationale de la Recherche
OpenAlex ID: W3207844145