A self-organizational model of community evolution
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Slocombe, D. Scott
issued: 2010-06-30T04:49:30Z
issued: 1985
related degree: Master of Science in Planning - MSc (Plan)
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: The purpose of this work is the development of a conceptual model of the interaction of ecological, economic, and social factors in community evolution. The theory of self-organization (Ilya Prigogine and colleagues) is used to relate the growing body of insights into social and societal evolution derived from sociology, anthropology, economics, the community and economic development literature, and other fields to the problems of planning. A schematic of the interdisciplinary modelling process and a classification of models are developed. The assumptions and goals of the conceptual model presented here are made explicit through the use of a "knowledge vee" (Novak & Gowin, 1984). The conceptual model of community evolution developed here entails eight variables representing the ecologic, economic, and social factors (landscape, land tenure, land use, social inputs, historical inputs, production, consumption, and resources) and four variables derived from evolutionary, non-equilibrium social theory and self-organization theory ("mass," "energy," "tension," and "entropy"). These variables are related conceptually to form a nonequilibrium, self-organizing "model" of community evolution. Several possible examples of self-organization processes in human systems are briefly discussed. Various implications of the model for planning and understanding community evolution are examined. They include: the process view of evolution, the role of the internal history of the system, the stochastic element in self-organizing processes, the influence of environmental conditions, the importance of qualitative change, and the mechanisms of long-range order.
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note: A SELF-ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL OF COMMUNITY EVOLUTION by D. Scott Slocombe B.I.S., The U n i v e r s i t y of Waterloo, 1983 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE i n THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES (School of Community and Regional Planning) We accept t h i s t h e s i s as conforming to t h e ^ e ^ i r e d ^ s ' t a j i d a r d THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA October 1985 © D. Scott Slocombe, 1985 In p resen t ing this thesis in partial fu l f i lment of the requ i rements for an a d v a n c e d deg ree at the Univers i ty of Brit ish C o l u m b i a , I agree that the Library shall make it freely avai lable for re ference a n d study . I further agree that pe rm iss ion for ex tens ive c o p y i n g of this thesis for scholar ly p u r p o s e s may be granted by the h e a d of m y d e p a r t m e n t o r by his o r her representat ives . It is u n d e r s t o o d that c o p y i n g o r p u b l i c a t i o n of this thesis for f inancia l gain shall not b e a l l o w e d w i t h o u t m y wr i t ten pe rm iss ion . D e p a r t m e n t of Community and R e g i o n a l P l a n n i n g The Un ivers i ty of Brit ish C o l u m b i a 1956 M a i n M a l l V a n c o u v e r , C a n a d a V 6 T 1Y3 Date October 13 1985 DE-6(3 /81) i i ABSTRACT The purpose of t h i s work i s the development of a c o n c e p t u a l model of the i n t e r a c t i o n of e c o l o g i c a l , economic, and s o c i a l f a c t o r s i n community evolution. The theory of s e l f - o r g a n i z a t i o n ( I l y a Prigogine and colleagues) i s used to r e l a t e the growing body of i n s i g h t s i n t o s o c i a l and s o c i e t a l evolution derived from sociology, anthropology, economics, the community and economic development l i t e r a t u r e , and other f i e l d s to the problems of planning. A s c h e m a t i c of t h e i n t e r d i s c i p l i n a r y m o d e l l i n g p r o c e s s and a c l a s s i f i c a t i o n o…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0096811
language: eng
degree discipline: Planning
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scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26077