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Reconstructing Sustainability Science: Knowledge and action for a sustainable future (The Earthscan Science in Society Series) by Miller, Thaddeus R. (author.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Reconstructing Sustainability Science: Knowledge and action for a sustainable future (The Earthscan Science in Society Series) about?
Sustainability Science is an interdisciplinary, problem-driven field that seeks to address fundamental questions on human-environment interactions. Reconstructing Sustainability Science repositions sustainability science as a "science of design"--that is, a normative science of what ought to be in order to achieve certain goals--rather than a science of what is. It provides an essential understanding of the complex relationship between science, social change and the normative dimensions of sustainability. Drawing upon interviews of 30 prominent sustainability scientists, the book first gives an in-depth, empirical discussion and analysis of the three main questions regarding the development of sustainability science: how researchers in the emerging field of sustainability science are attempting to define sustainability, establish research agendas, and link the knowledge they produce to societal action. This study is paired with a thorough content analysis of the sustainability science literature in which the boundaries and tensions between emerging research pathways and decision-making for sustainability are explored. The second part aims to reformulate the sustainability science r
Who reads Reconstructing Sustainability Science: Knowledge and action for a sustainable future (The Earthscan Science in Society Series)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Miller, Thaddeus R. (author.)
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis;Earthscan from Routledge
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781135960100
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Economics, Business, Anthropology
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