This book asks: What are the most suitable âmapping strategiesâ for detecting patterns of global dynamics? It adopts a spatial perspective when trying to understand âGlobal Dynamicsâ â and sets out to revolutionise the concept of space as such. Spatial views â on levels of increasing abstraction, reflection and self-organisation â are developed along eight case studies including air emissions, environmental radioactivity, deforestation, energy from biomass, land use change, food supply, water quality and cooperative interdisciplinary learning for global change. This bookâs conceptual innovation consists in performing a transformation from âspace & timeâ into âfunctional state space & evolutionary timeâ in order to better recognise the structural patterns of long-term global dynamics. A transdisciplinary readership in academia â including geography, philosophy, economics, global change and future research â that is interested in enlarging scientific conceptsbeyond classical borders â would be most welcome!