{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2260436256","doi":null,"title":"Complexity and communities: The application of complexity to community studies","display_name":"Complexity and communities: The application of complexity to community studies","publication_year":2015,"publication_date":"2015-02-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2260436256","mag":"2260436256"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:nrl.northumbria.ac.uk:25244","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/25244/1/David%20Large%20-%20PhD%20Complexity%20%20Communities%20Feb15.pdf","pdf_url":"http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/25244/1/David%20Large%20-%20PhD%20Complexity%20%20Communities%20Feb15.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401884","display_name":"Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I32394136","host_organization_name":"Northumbria University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32394136"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},"volume":null,"type":"dissertation","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/25244/1/David%20Large%20-%20PhD%20Complexity%20%20Communities%20Feb15.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110330824","display_name":"David W. Large","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"David Large","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5110330824"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12196","display_name":"Community Health and Development","score":0.24210000038146973,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12196","display_name":"Community Health and Development","score":0.24210000038146973,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12469","display_name":"Chaos, Complexity, and Education","score":0.21809999644756317,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13502","display_name":"Community and Sustainable Development","score":0.13590000569820404,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3303","display_name":"Development"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/complexity-theory","display_name":"complexity theory","score":0.8579999804496765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/community-based-research","display_name":"community-based research","score":0.8190000057220459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/community-organizations","display_name":"community organizations","score":0.7789999842643738},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/community-policy","display_name":"community policy","score":0.8579999804496765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/community-engagement","display_name":"community participation","score":0.5580000281333923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/emergence","display_name":"emergence","score":0.7549999952316284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/interaction","display_name":"interaction","score":0.8640000224113464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/local-government-policy","display_name":"local government policy","score":0.8510000109672546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-policy-formation","display_name":"public policy formation","score":0.7720000147819519},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/community-based-intervention","display_name":"community-based intervention","score":0.7099999785423279},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/newcastle-upon-tyne","display_name":"Newcastle upon Tyne","score":0.8009999990463257}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.6035982370376587},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C539667460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2414942","display_name":"Management science","level":1,"score":0.5267022252082825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778137410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2732820","display_name":"Government (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.48784589767456055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.47817331552505493},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3561673164367676},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.345767080783844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.3225111961364746},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.1822395622730255},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.11660504341125488},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:nrl.northumbria.ac.uk:25244","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/25244/1/David%20Large%20-%20PhD%20Complexity%20%20Communities%20Feb15.pdf","pdf_url":"http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/25244/1/David%20Large%20-%20PhD%20Complexity%20%20Communities%20Feb15.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401884","display_name":"Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I32394136","host_organization_name":"Northumbria University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32394136"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},{"id":"mag:2260436256","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/25244/","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:nrl.northumbria.ac.uk:25244","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/25244/1/David%20Large%20-%20PhD%20Complexity%20%20Communities%20Feb15.pdf","pdf_url":"http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/25244/1/David%20Large%20-%20PhD%20Complexity%20%20Communities%20Feb15.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401884","display_name":"Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I32394136","host_organization_name":"Northumbria University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32394136"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2260436256.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2260436256.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":243,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W11429829","https://openalex.org/W13744112","https://openalex.org/W27930607","https://openalex.org/W41917698","https://openalex.org/W70786458","https://openalex.org/W103349601","https://openalex.org/W124214694","https://openalex.org/W127740401","https://openalex.org/W129638770","https://openalex.org/W131921761","https://openalex.org/W144693411","https://openalex.org/W166236601","https://openalex.org/W193515035","https://openalex.org/W196881716","https://openalex.org/W323478544","https://openalex.org/W369947915","https://openalex.org/W387887021","https://openalex.org/W561570632","https://openalex.org/W567479554","https://openalex.org/W568176279","https://openalex.org/W575150422","https://openalex.org/W595696227","https://openalex.org/W597673925","https://openalex.org/W605962034","https://openalex.org/W609649938","https://openalex.org/W610395158","https://openalex.org/W612396548","https://openalex.org/W621902923","https://openalex.org/W626602996","https://openalex.org/W636964427","https://openalex.org/W637424324","https://openalex.org/W643750041","https://openalex.org/W646229566","https://openalex.org/W647735268","https://openalex.org/W651610629","https://openalex.org/W652932451","https://openalex.org/W657363873","https://openalex.org/W1480801213","https://openalex.org/W1482585187","https://openalex.org/W1485583774","https://openalex.org/W1488097106","https://openalex.org/W1492856410","https://openalex.org/W1494929936","https://openalex.org/W1500910854","https://openalex.org/W1505405910","https://openalex.org/W1506063925","https://openalex.org/W1508267391","https://openalex.org/W1510426010","https://openalex.org/W1512534938","https://openalex.org/W1515597332","https://openalex.org/W1515832801","https://openalex.org/W1523429092","https://openalex.org/W1527112812","https://openalex.org/W1531303411","https://openalex.org/W1533251836","https://openalex.org/W1533974481","https://openalex.org/W1534918379","https://openalex.org/W1536089402","https://openalex.org/W1536842002","https://openalex.org/W1537333365","https://openalex.org/W1537640319","https://openalex.org/W1542961362","https://openalex.org/W1543943078","https://openalex.org/W1546492390","https://openalex.org/W1551816349","https://openalex.org/W1558275943","https://openalex.org/W1559000686","https://openalex.org/W1564370218","https://openalex.org/W1565693361","https://openalex.org/W1566478880","https://openalex.org/W1567532018","https://openalex.org/W1569000326","https://openalex.org/W1576379491","https://openalex.org/W1583878858","https://openalex.org/W1584545958","https://openalex.org/W1587156428","https://openalex.org/W1588485088","https://openalex.org/W1597666737","https://openalex.org/W1601944394","https://openalex.org/W1602276411","https://openalex.org/W1605807432","https://openalex.org/W1606845943","https://openalex.org/W1699247647","https://openalex.org/W1760845349","https://openalex.org/W1783403057","https://openalex.org/W1803422151","https://openalex.org/W1853291752","https://openalex.org/W1916207017","https://openalex.org/W1926868862","https://openalex.org/W1933657216","https://openalex.org/W1950299194","https://openalex.org/W1950614351","https://openalex.org/W1967008192","https://openalex.org/W1972410569","https://openalex.org/W1973647208","https://openalex.org/W1974609519","https://openalex.org/W1975294045","https://openalex.org/W1975904514","https://openalex.org/W1975918057","https://openalex.org/W1976380751","https://openalex.org/W1977578104","https://openalex.org/W1978626743","https://openalex.org/W1979636852","https://openalex.org/W1981088339","https://openalex.org/W1984411180","https://openalex.org/W1984678519","https://openalex.org/W1984804982","https://openalex.org/W1986712038","https://openalex.org/W1987789700","https://openalex.org/W1990262922","https://openalex.org/W1992574919","https://openalex.org/W1992831780","https://openalex.org/W1995051506","https://openalex.org/W1998459639","https://openalex.org/W2000074095","https://openalex.org/W2000602767","https://openalex.org/W2004219140","https://openalex.org/W2005526610","https://openalex.org/W2005838102","https://openalex.org/W2007223362","https://openalex.org/W2007615366","https://openalex.org/W2009807890","https://openalex.org/W2012331246","https://openalex.org/W2013897184","https://openalex.org/W2021267962","https://openalex.org/W2023730779","https://openalex.org/W2024517164","https://openalex.org/W2024829854","https://openalex.org/W2028895118","https://openalex.org/W2031917906","https://openalex.org/W2032152873","https://openalex.org/W2033459202","https://openalex.org/W2034145486","https://openalex.org/W2036198264","https://openalex.org/W2037900480","https://openalex.org/W2040537712","https://openalex.org/W2043910564","https://openalex.org/W2045515587","https://openalex.org/W2045524276","https://openalex.org/W2053812228","https://openalex.org/W2054384788","https://openalex.org/W2055242152","https://openalex.org/W2063450219","https://openalex.org/W2066331126","https://openalex.org/W2066386508","https://openalex.org/W2067668080","https://openalex.org/W2068288993","https://openalex.org/W2071234626","https://openalex.org/W2071927904","https://openalex.org/W2076501318","https://openalex.org/W2077010226","https://openalex.org/W2081510220","https://openalex.org/W2083269608","https://openalex.org/W2088584435","https://openalex.org/W2090181591","https://openalex.org/W2095900657","https://openalex.org/W2096585227","https://openalex.org/W2097098391","https://openalex.org/W2097483822","https://openalex.org/W2103463156","https://openalex.org/W2104096599","https://openalex.org/W2104256533","https://openalex.org/W2112801847","https://openalex.org/W2112876287","https://openalex.org/W2113034208","https://openalex.org/W2113453541","https://openalex.org/W2113932083","https://openalex.org/W2116296017","https://openalex.org/W2119638218","https://openalex.org/W2119771533","https://openalex.org/W2121825030","https://openalex.org/W2122165510","https://openalex.org/W2122631693","https://openalex.org/W2123742276","https://openalex.org/W2125216263","https://openalex.org/W2126192745","https://openalex.org/W2126435931","https://openalex.org/W2126631011","https://openalex.org/W2133155171","https://openalex.org/W2139642238","https://openalex.org/W2141394518","https://openalex.org/W2141749036","https://openalex.org/W2141951801","https://openalex.org/W2143207908","https://openalex.org/W2145232101","https://openalex.org/W2146570277","https://openalex.org/W2149200634","https://openalex.org/W2150319139","https://openalex.org/W2152970812","https://openalex.org/W2154995218","https://openalex.org/W2156985262","https://openalex.org/W2160080514","https://openalex.org/W2160273813","https://openalex.org/W2163354388","https://openalex.org/W2164162357","https://openalex.org/W2169552471","https://openalex.org/W2174253539","https://openalex.org/W2175118880","https://openalex.org/W2251189172","https://openalex.org/W2261848754","https://openalex.org/W2289257807","https://openalex.org/W2294288526","https://openalex.org/W2313563931","https://openalex.org/W2313576412","https://openalex.org/W2318966891","https://openalex.org/W2319439467","https://openalex.org/W2321182132","https://openalex.org/W2329395632","https://openalex.org/W2333220736","https://openalex.org/W2334746481","https://openalex.org/W2475992950","https://openalex.org/W2480916472","https://openalex.org/W2481302272","https://openalex.org/W2481771509","https://openalex.org/W2482808896","https://openalex.org/W2485970849","https://openalex.org/W2486350419","https://openalex.org/W2487088234","https://openalex.org/W2487325748","https://openalex.org/W2493894436","https://openalex.org/W2496313558","https://openalex.org/W2498559438","https://openalex.org/W2498866429","https://openalex.org/W2500394391","https://openalex.org/W2511602013","https://openalex.org/W2520406528","https://openalex.org/W2773969979","https://openalex.org/W2798435870","https://openalex.org/W2942628031","https://openalex.org/W2953174998","https://openalex.org/W2958765465","https://openalex.org/W2970956276","https://openalex.org/W2973224139","https://openalex.org/W3003063635","https://openalex.org/W3164135786","https://openalex.org/W3203749588","https://openalex.org/W3215334557","https://openalex.org/W4225933693","https://openalex.org/W4231005331","https://openalex.org/W4234027358","https://openalex.org/W4238014541","https://openalex.org/W4243252020","https://openalex.org/W4255972926"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4381664378","https://openalex.org/W2951651664","https://openalex.org/W2005062247","https://openalex.org/W2515389509","https://openalex.org/W7029155559","https://openalex.org/W7154542058","https://openalex.org/W7169981902","https://openalex.org/W2186041334","https://openalex.org/W99109919","https://openalex.org/W7005457246"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Understanding":[0],"community":[1,11,29,89,216,249,253],"dynamics":[2],"has":[3,13],"always":[4],"been":[5,14],"a":[6,64,77,82,283],"challenge":[7],"for":[8,231,248,271,286],"policy-makers.":[9],"Often":[10],"policy":[12,152,169,288],"ineffective":[15],"and":[16,21,84,109,129,135,179,198,206,211,230,255,267,275],"wasteful.":[17],"This":[18,44,173],"research":[19,33,75,100,141],"explores":[20],"sets":[22],"out":[23],"an":[24,35],"alternative,":[25],"complexity-informed":[26,69,78,240],"approach":[27,79,241],"to":[28,48,80,103,114,123,145,148,154,157,161,165,202,207,244,263,281],"studies.":[30],"\\n":[31,139,238],"\\nThe":[32,140],"develops":[34],"innovative,":[36],"two-stage":[37],"interview":[38],"methodology":[39,45],"informed":[40],"by":[41,269],"complexity":[42,143,260],"considerations.":[43],"is":[46,101,107,242,261],"applied":[47],"two":[49,60],"case":[50,61],"studies":[51,62],"of":[52,67,87,96,181,190,218],"community-based":[53],"organisations":[54],"in":[55,137,170,223,226],"Newcastle":[56],"upon":[57],"Tyne.":[58],"The":[59],"allow":[63],"comparative":[65],"assessment":[66,180],"the":[68,74,88,94,99,182,187,191,215,224,235,246,277],"methodology.":[70],"In":[71,257],"this":[72,259,280],"way,":[73],"uses":[76],"produce":[81],"holistic":[83],"realistic":[85],"view":[86],"being":[90],"examined.":[91],"By":[92],"analysing":[93],"contribution":[95],"those":[97],"present":[98],"able":[102,262],"capture":[104],"information":[105],"that":[106,110],"relevant":[108],"may":[111],"be":[112,124,149,282],"used":[113,201],"bring":[115],"about":[116],"change.":[117],"Complexity-informed":[118],"approaches":[119],"are":[120,200,221],"thus":[121],"shown":[122,243],"open,":[125],"flexible,":[126],"insightful,":[127],"confidence-building":[128],"engaging,":[130],"when":[131],"considering":[132],"people":[133,159],"living":[134],"working":[136],"communities.":[138,272],"finds":[142,279],"considerations":[144],"show":[146],"that,":[147],"effective,":[150],"public":[151,287],"needs":[153],"offer":[155],"choices":[156],"local":[158,167],"as":[160,196,232,234],"how":[162],"they":[163,228],"want":[164],"interpret":[166],"government":[168],"their":[171],"area.":[172],"requires":[174,186],"more":[175],"than":[176],"evidence":[177,183],"gathering":[178],"gathered.":[184],"It":[185],"active":[188],"involvement":[189],"community.":[192],"Complexity":[193],"factors":[194],"such":[195],"interaction":[197],"emergence":[199],"identify":[203],"important":[204],"relationships":[205],"assess":[208],"social,":[209],"economic":[210],"environmental":[212],"changes":[213],"from":[214],"point":[217],"view.":[219],"These":[220],"considered":[222],"context":[225],"which":[227],"occur":[229],"long":[233],"situation":[236],"applies.":[237],"\\nA":[239],"open":[245],"way":[247],"interventions":[250],"based":[251],"on":[252],"views":[254],"needs.":[256],"doing":[258],"support":[264],"genuine":[265],"decision-making":[266],"action":[268],"communities":[270],"Through":[273],"discussion":[274],"reflection,":[276],"thesis":[278],"suitable":[284],"basis":[285],"formation.":[289]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-05T12:25:35.769452","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}