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Harbours and Maritime Networks as Complex Adaptive Systems

Harbours and Maritime Networks as Complex Adaptive Systems

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Series: Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum - Tagungen, Book 23

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryAncient History General

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ISBN10: 3795430402
ISBN13: 9783795430405
Publisher: Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum
Published: May 25 2015
Pages: 152
Language: English
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 theory and network analysis provide a 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. In this volume, this approach is applied on various phenomena of maritime history as discussed within the DFG-funded Special Research Programme (SPP 1630) Harbours from the Roman Period to the Middle Ages (ww.spp-haefen.de).

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