Space and time in river bank erosion research: a review.
Research on river bank erosion that has involved the use of space- and time-scales is discussed. It is argued that the use of scales in geographical research is problematic, as research, results, and theories that apply at one scale may not be applicable at other scales. It is concluded that hiera...
| Publicado en: | Area Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 387 - 404 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
December 2004
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| Sumario: | Research on river bank erosion that has involved the use of space- and time-scales is discussed. It is argued that the use of scales in geographical research is problematic, as research, results, and theories that apply at one scale may not be applicable at other scales. It is concluded that hierarchy theory could be used in order to achieve scale linkage in research. |
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