Transdisciplinary Sustainability Studies

A Heuristic Approach
Herausgeber: Huutoniemi, Katri; Tapio, Petri

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Arising out of human-environment interaction, sustainability problems resist disciplinary categories and simple solutions. This book offers a fresh approach to practical and methodological concerns in transdisciplinary environmental and sustainability studies. It illustrates methodological means by which researchers, professionals, and decision-makers can address complex environmental issues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780415855792
• ISBN-10: 0415855799
• Artikelnr.: 40028270

Autorenporträt

Katri Huutoniemi is Researcher in the Department of Social Research at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Petri Tapio is Professor in Futures Research at the University of Turku, Finland.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: From method to transdisciplinary heuretics 1. Introduction:
Sustainability, transdisciplinarity, and the complexity of knowing Part 1:
HEURISTICS AND PROBLEM FRAMING 2. Thinking Outwards: Heuristics for
systemic understanding of environmental problems3. Ecosystem services in
integrated sustainability assessment: A heuristic view 4. Heuristics for
framing sustainability problems in transport 5. Exploring the space of
alternatives: Heuristics in sustainability scenarios PART 2: HEURISTICS AND
PROBLEM SOLVING 6. From complexity to solvability: The praxeology of
transdisciplinary research 7 . Responding to communication challenges in
transdisciplinary sustainability science8. Envisioning solutions: Expert
deliberation on environmental futures 9. Understanding environmental
heuristics: Trust and dialoguePART 3: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
10. Heuristics as cognitive tools for pursuing sustainability 11.
Transdisciplinarity as sustainability