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The Scale Issue in the Social and Natural Sciences
Abstract
L'échelle spatiale est un concept central dans les sciences qui s'intéressent aux activités anthropiques et aux processus physiques qui se produisent à la surface de la terre. La littérature géographique est particulièrement riche en discussions concernant l'importance de l'échelle dans les représentations scientifique et familière du monde (Meentemeyer, 1989; Ferras, 1992). Le concept d'échelle est maintenant largement reconnu comme étant au cœur de la description de l'organisation hiérarchique de l'espace géographique. Plusieurs problèmes environnementaux, tels que l'impact des changements climatiques sur les écosystèmes, requièrent une compréhension de la façon dont les processus opèrent à différentes échelles et comment ils peuvent être liés à travers plusieurs échelles. La nécessité de prédire et de contrôler l'effet d'échelle et d'agrégation spatiale sur les résultats d'analyses statistiques et de modélisation est aussi maintenant largement reconnue. Cet article présente une synthèse des principaux développements théoriques et méthodologiques réalisés dans les sciences sociales et naturelles, au cours des quarante dernières années, concernant l'importance du problème d'échelle et les solutions proposées pour y faire face. Il est montré que, bien que ces développements aient eu lieu en parallèle pendant plusieurs années, ils sont maintenant en voie de converger pour générer un solide cadre théorique et des méthodes opérationnelles pour appréhender le problème d'échelle.
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- Authors
- Marceau, D. J.
- Venue
- Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1999-10
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 347-356
- ISSN
- 0703-8992 (ISSN-L)
- 1712-7971
- OpenAlex
- W2067206505
- Cited by
- 274
- References
- 77
- FWCI
- 10.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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