Sustainability science for strong sustainability / / Tom Dedeurwaerdere
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| Autore: |
Dedeurwaerdere Tom
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| Titolo: |
Sustainability science for strong sustainability / / Tom Dedeurwaerdere
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| Pubblicazione: | Cheltenham, : Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd., 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (175 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 338.927072 |
| Soggetto topico: | Sustainable development - Research |
| Sustainability - Research | |
| Social Sciences | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. Why is sustainability science needed? -- 2. Principles of sustainability science -- 3. Learning from transformative science approaches for sustainability -- 4. Implementing transdisciplinary research partnerships -- 5. Building institutional capacity for sustainability science. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The dynamism of science has been catalytic for human prosperity in recent history. Conventional perspectives of the ivory tower model of modern science are, however, rivalled by the failure of humanity to tackle global crises of an economic, environmental and social nature. Operational solutions to these pressures have grown and exposed pitfalls of modern science to date. Sustainability Science for Strong Sustainability investigates core concepts, tools and institutional strategies of transdisciplinary sustainability science. Prominent research programs within heterodox economics, the environm |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Sustainability science for strong sustainability |
| ISBN: | 9781783474561 (eBook) |
| 9781783474554 (hardback) | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910140508703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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