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Blaiklock, Ken
(International Journal of Early Years Education, 2010)
Te Whāriki, the New Zealand early childhood curriculum, has received much praise since its introduction in 1996. There is, however, little research evidence about the implementation or effectiveness of the curriculum in ...
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Popov, Nikolay
(GA 2010 – XIII Generative Art Conference, 2010)
Complexity theory offers a new way of understanding spatial patterns as self-organising morphologies. This provides a promising paradigm for exploring spatial organizations as the emergent outcome of dynamic relations ...
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Margetts, Jacqueline; Barnett, Rod; Popov, Nikolay
(Systematic Development: Local Solutions in a Global Environment, 13th Annual Australia and New Zealand Systems Conference, 2007)
This paper reports on research which explores the modelling of landscape systems over time using multiagent simulation (MAS) software called NetLogo.
Two case studies investigate a disturbance ecology approach to the ...
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Popov, Nikolay
(Cumulus 38ºSouth: Hemispheric shifts across learning, teaching and research, 2009)
Cities and landscapes are now understood as systems that are open, chaotic, unpredictable, irreversible, and in constant flux - i.e. complex adaptive systems. This is why designers need to develop new modes of practice ...
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Egginton, Zane; Popov, Nikolay; Orams, Brett
(On the border: Architectural science in theory & practice, 44th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association, 2010)
The demands of Landscape Architects and Architects use of organic and complex forms at various scales heavily fuel this project. In a typical project a designer is often faced with three challenges, how to create a digital ...
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