GEOG 030 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Ecological Niche, Microorganism, Habitat

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Because the parts are interconnected, the behavior of every part is shaped by feedback loops through the rest of the system. Positive and negative feedback promotes growth and change in the system as a whole: emergent properties are easiest to perceive in individual organisms, ex. With jellyfish - basic emergent properties = growth, development of different tissues and organs, homeostasis, reproduction and death: richness of expression of emergent properties increases with the complexity of the organism. Ex. construction of public housing in the united states during the decades after world. War ii: was supposed to reduce poverty by providing decent housing to low-income families that they could afford (cid:0) people to move to cities even if their weren"t jobs (cid:0) public houses where turned into ghettos of poverty. Explains why we can"t predict ultimate consequences of our actions: emergent properties of social systems, distortion of information.

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