TY - JOUR
T1 - Why model?
AU - Van Der Leeuw, Sander
N1 - Funding Information:
2The models referred to here were all constructed as part of several research projects that I coordinated between 1992 and 2000. These were financed by the Directorate General for Research of the European Union as part of its ‘‘Climate and Natural Hazards’’ research program. More information can be obtained by sending an email to vanderle@mae. u-paris10.fr
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - I discuss the utility of modeling in the social sciences, with emphasis on the long-term study of the coevolution between society and nature. I emphasize the need for such models to develop dynamical theories concerning processes about which we are only informed through their consequences and results.
AB - I discuss the utility of modeling in the social sciences, with emphasis on the long-term study of the coevolution between society and nature. I emphasize the need for such models to develop dynamical theories concerning processes about which we are only informed through their consequences and results.
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U2 - 10.1080/01969720490426803
DO - 10.1080/01969720490426803
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:2642588080
SN - 0196-9722
VL - 35
SP - 117
EP - 128
JO - Cybernetics and Systems
JF - Cybernetics and Systems
IS - 2-3
ER -