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General System Theory was first proposed as an abstract reunifying field of study in the life sciences [Von Bertalanffy, 1951, 1962, 1969, 1971].Since then, the systems approach has become widely used as well for nonscientific purposes, as in technology, industry, communications, commerce, and so on. The systems approach became necessary in view of the increasing complexity and development of modern science, technology and society.
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Aucun fait n’est etudié pour lui-même, mais comme partie d’un tout, rouage d’une grande machine. [No fact is studied for its own sake, but as a part of a whole, as a cog in a great machine (author’s trans.)]
E. De Martonne, 1902
General system theory represents an exciting and challenging routeway, not just to the reunification of geography but to a new unified understanding of the unity of nature, science and society.
Martin J. Haigh, 1985
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Nir, D. (1990). Region as a System. In: Region as a Socio-environmental System. The GeoJournal Library, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0483-5_5
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