Harbours and maritime networks as complex adaptive systems
Subtitle: international workshop "Harbours and maritime Networks as Complex Adaptive Systems" at the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz, 17.-18.10.2013, within the framework of the Special Research Programme (DFG-SPP 1630) "Harbours from the Roman Period to the Middle Ages"
By: Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, Falko Daim (eds)
Series: RGZM-Tagungen -- Band 23; RGZM Tagungen -- Bd. 23.
Publisher: Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Mainz
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9783884672488; 9783795430405
Subjects: Harbors; Congresses; History; Antiquities
Description: "The concept of complex systems allows for a better understanding of the interplay between social and environmental factors for the emergence and maintenance of maritime infrastructure and route systems in the ancient and medieval period. Complexity and network analysis provide an analytical framework to describe social configurations (cities, maritime communities, polities) and environmental phenomena (hydrosphere, climate) as complex systems, entangled via mechanisms of feedbacks, adaptation or disruption"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.