Student Resources
Complexity Theory: from butterfly wings to fairy rings
Progress in Human Geography / Progress in Physical Geography Resources
Please note the links require journal subscription access which may be available through your university.
http://phg.sagepub.com/content/34/4/513.full.pdf
Dittmer, J. (2013) ‘Geopolitical assemblages and complexity’, Progress in Human Geography doi: 10.1177/0309132513501405
http://phg.sagepub.com/content/38/3/385.full.pdf+html
Gao, J. and Xia, Z.-G. (1996) ‘Fractals in physical geography’, Progress in Physical Geography 20 (2): 178‒91.
http://ppg.sagepub.com/content/20/2/178.full.pdf
Lau, S.S.S. and Lane, S.N. (2001) ‘Continuity and change in environmental systems: the case of shallow lake ecosystems’, Progress in Physical Geography 25 (2): 178‒202. doi: 10.1177/030913330102500202.
http://ppg.sagepub.com/content/25/2/178.full.pdf+html
Phillips, J.D. (1995) ‘Self-organization and landscape evolution’, Progress in Physical Geography 19 (3): 309‒21. doi: 10.1177/030913339501900301.
http://ppg.sagepub.com/content/25/2/178.full.pdf+html
Phillips, J.D. (2003) ‘Sources of nonlinearity and complexity in geomorphic systems’, Progress in Physical Geography 27 (1): 1‒23. doi: 10.1191/0309133303pp340ra.
http://ppg.sagepub.com/content/27/1/1.full.pdf+html
Phillips, J.D. (2009) ‘Changes, perturbations, and responses in geomorphic systems’, Progress in Physical Geography 33 (1): 17‒30. doi: 10.1177/0309133309103889.
http://ppg.sagepub.com/content/33/1/17.full.pdf+html
Article & notes for exercise(s)
Links for exercise 8-1 (Word)
Sun, J. and Southworth, J. (2013) ‘Remote sensing-based fractal analysis and scale dependence associated with forest fragmentation in an Amazon tri-national frontier’, Remote Sensing 5: 454‒72. doi: 10.3390/rs5020454. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/5/2/454
Other resources
Bar-Yam, R. (2011) About Complex Systems. New England Complex Systems Institute. Online at http://www.necsi.edu/guide/.
Frame, B; Mandelbrot, B & Neger, N (online) Fractal Geometry. Yale University. http://classes.yale.edu/fractals/
Google Earth coordinates:
Simply copy the coordinates and paste them directly into the search box in Google Earth. Note: you may need to zoom in or out to find the best view of the feature.
Fairy circles, Namib Rand Nature Reserve (as described by Tschinkel, 2013).
Go to: 24°59'54.18" S 15°56'33.37" E
Ridge-slough topography, central Everglade, Florida, UK (as described by Heffernan et al, 2013).
Go to: 26°07'20.30" N 80°43'27.65" W
(Note: you will probably need to zoom out a bit to see the patterned landscape properly).
Beach cusps, Melbourne Beach, Florida, US.
Go to: 28°03'54.90" N 80°33'15.62" W
Braided rivers:
Waimakariri River, New Zealand: 43°20'23.30" S 172°00'04.02" E
Hulahula River, Alaska: 69°05'27.95" N 144°37'28.87" W