Theoretical Ecology Meets Agroecology: Towards an Ecological Approach to Agroecosystems

Theoretical Ecology Meets Agroecology: towards an Ecological Approach to Agroecosystems

Turing meets Thoreau An Ecological Approach to Computer Science

To the naturalist Thoreau "in the wild there is the liberation of mankind". To the mathematician Turing human communication can be replaced by computation. To the anthropologist Bateson evolution and thinking follow the same principles, thus mind and nature are a necessary unity. I try to make Turing and Thoreau meet: On Bateson's ground I build a model of mind where thoughts and concepts, feel...

A holon approach to agroecology

Systems thinking contributes to envisioning agricultural sustainability. However, it faces two dilemmas, recently highlighted by complexity theory: the problems of boundary and change. We propose that interpreting Koestler’s holon as an intentional entity embedded in an ecology of contexts provides an ontological construct which addresses both of these issues. The holon is in some ways a whole ...

Towards a behavioral ecology of ecological landscapes.

Recent developments in landscape-level ecological modeling rest upon poorly understood behavioral phenomena. Surprisingly, these phenomena include animal movement and habitat selection, two areas with a long history of study in behavioral ecology. A major problem in applying traditional behavioral ecology to landscape-level ecological problems is that ecologists and behaviorists work at very di...

An approach towards effective ecological planning: Quantitative analysis of urban green space characteristics

In the best practices, planning of urban green spaces is managed in such a way that it follows the key principles such as meeting per capita standards and providing accessible and balanced distribution of these spaces all across the city. In the context of emerging economy, these principles are unfortunately not followed strictly all times. In this study, it is attempted to investigate Tabriz c...