3. From the new multiscalar intervention chain to the Smart City

3.1 The multi-scalar intervention chain

A systemic event allows us to grasp complexity from a different vantage point. The aim is to grasp its context and the elements that justify and influence it.

For geographer and geopolitician Yves Lacoste, each level of observation enables us to discover a new world and the phenomena that characterize it . For a better understanding of this approach, we propose the example of the meshes of a fishing net of a size that catches certain types...