Pointe-à-Pitre, France
Dynamics of Environments in the Caribbean-Americas Area
Dynamique des environnements dans l'espace Caraïbes-Amériques
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⇑Dynamics of Environments in the Caribbean-Americas Area at University of the French West Indies and Guiana
Language:
French 
Subject area: physical science, environment
Type: Doctoral school (École doctorale no. 636)
Field: Social sciences, Mathematics and their interactions, Physics, Earth and universe sciences, space, Chemistry, Biology, medicine and health, Humanities, Engineering sciences, Information and communication sciences and technologies, Agronomic and ecological sciences
Academic degree: Doctorat (PhD)
Duration: 3 years
⇑Definitions and quotes
Area
Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional figure or shape, or planar lamina, in the plane. Surface area is its analog on the two-dimensional surface of a three-dimensional object. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat. It is the two-dimensional analog of the length of a curve (a one-dimensional concept) or the volume of a solid (a three-dimensional concept).