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Transdisciplinary Impulses towards Socio-Ecological Transformation

Author : Helge Kminek

Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich

Page : 190 pages

File Size : 40,1 MB

Release : 2022-02-14

Category : Education

ISBN : 3847417215

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Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung soll die Menschen zu zukunftsfähigem Denken und Handeln befähigen – angesichts von Herausforderungen wie Klimawandel, Umweltzerstörung, Verlust der biologischen Vielfalt, Armut und Ungleichheit. Wie können unterschiedliche Disziplinen diese Aufgabe wahrnehmen? In diesem Band werden wissenschaftlich interdisziplinäre Beiträge aus der Philosophie, den Sozial- und Erziehungswissenschaften um transdisziplinäre Beiträge aus Praxisfeldern (z. B Museumspädagogik, Journalismus) ergänzt. Die aktuellen Beiträge geben Reflexionsanstöße und eröffnen Denkräume, um der Komplexität der Aufgabe der sozial-ökologischen Transformation gerecht zu werden.



Encyclopedia of Social Innovation

Author : Jürgen Howaldt

Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing

Page : 499 pages

File Size : 47,27 MB

Release : 2023-10-06

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 180037335X

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This invaluable Encyclopedia presents an interdisciplinary and comprehensive overview of the field of social innovation, providing an insightful view into potential future developments both practically and theoretically. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.







Social Ecology State of the Art and Future Prospects

Author : Johanna Kramm

Publisher : MDPI

Page : 201 pages

File Size : 11,32 MB

Release : 2018-07-06

Category : Science

ISBN : 303842546X

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This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Social Ecology. State of the Art and Future Prospects" that was published in Sustainability



Transdisciplinary Research and Practice for Sustainability Outcomes

Author : Dena Fam

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 293 pages

File Size : 33,60 MB

Release : 2016-11-10

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1317312317

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‘Transdisciplinarity’ is a form of research and practice that synthesises knowledge from a range of academic disciplines and from the community. There is now global interest and a significant body of work on transdisciplinarity and its potential to address the apparently intractable problems of society. This creates the opportunity for a specific focus on its practical application to sustainability issues. Transdisciplinary Research and Practice for Sustainability Outcomes examines the role of transdisciplinarity in the transformations needed for a sustainable world. After an historical overview of transdisciplinarity, Part I focuses on tools and frameworks to achieve sustainability outcomes in practice and Part II consolidates work by a number of scholars on supporting transdisciplinary researchers and practitioners. Part III is a series of case studies including several international examples that demonstrate the challenges and rewards of transdisciplinary work. The concluding chapter proposes a future research pathway for understanding the human factors that underpin successful transdisciplinary research. As Emeritus Professor Valerie Brown AO notes in her Preface, this book moves transdisciplinary inquiry into the academic and social mainstream. It will be of great interest to researchers and practitioners in the fields of sustainability, qualitative research methods, environmental impact assessment and development studies.



Social Morphology, Human Welfare, and Sustainability

Author : Mohammad Izhar Hassan

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 745 pages

File Size : 40,27 MB

Release : 2022-07-08

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 3030967603

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This volume discusses a broad range of human welfare problems associated with and stemming from social issues, natural resource deficiencies, environmental hazards, vulnerability to climate change, and sustainability challenges. The chapters form a framework centered around the concept of social morphology, i.e. the role of humans in shaping society, and associated human-nature interactions which inform the ability to achieve sustainable welfare and well-being. The book is divided in six sections. Section I contains the introductory chapters where the book explores shifting interfaces between environment, society, and sustainability outcomes. Section II discusses contemporary issues of social welfare, and covers sustainable approaches in geo-heritage and ecotourism. Section III addresses the roots of various social conflicts and inequalities in relation to overpopulation, poverty, illiteracy, employment concerns, and human migration. Section IV highlights social security and areas of social deprivation, including urban affordability, gender equality, and women’s health. Section V covers social issues resulting from natural hazards and disasters. Section VI concludes the book with a discussion of the way forward for social sustainability. The book will be of interest to students, researchers, policy makers, environmentalists, NGOs, and social scientists.



Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Transitions to Sustainability

Author : Edmond Byrne

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 287 pages

File Size : 18,78 MB

Release : 2016-06-17

Category : Science

ISBN : 1317007921

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Demonstrating how a university can, in a very practical and pragmatic way, be re-envisioned through a transdisciplinary informed frame, this book shows how through an open and collegiate spirit of inquiry the most pressing and multifaceted issue of contemporary societal (un)sustainability can be addressed and understood in a way that transcends narrow disciplinary work. It also provides a practical exemplar of how far more meaningful deliberation, understandings and options for action in relation to contemporary sustainability-related crises can emerge than could otherwise be achieved. Indeed it helps demonstrate how only through a transdisciplinary ethos and approach can real progress be achieved. The fact that this can be done in parallel to (or perhaps underneath) the day-to-day business of the university serves to highlight how even micro seed initiatives can further the process of breaking down silos and reuniting C.P. Snow’s ‘two cultures’ after some four centuries of the relentless project of modernity. While much has been written and talked about with respect to both sustainability and transdisciplinarity, this book offers a pragmatic example which hopefully will signpost the ways others can, will and indeed must follow in our common quest for real progress.



Political Ecology

Author : Karl S. Zimmerer

Publisher : Guilford Press

Page : 330 pages

File Size : 45,14 MB

Release : 2012-06-15

Category : Science

ISBN : 1462506119

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This volume offers a unique, integrative perspective on the political and ecological processes shaping landscapes and resource use across the global North and South. Twelve carefully selected case studies demonstrate how contemporary geographical theories and methods can contribute to understanding key environment-and-development issues and working toward effective policies. Topics addressed include water and biodiversity resources, urban and national resource planning, scientific concepts of resource management, and ideas of nature and conservation in the context of globalization. Giving particular attention to evolving conceptions of nature-society interaction and geographical scale, an introduction and conclusion by the editors provide a clear analytical focus for the volume and summarize important developments and debates in the field.



Spatial transformation processes, strategies, research designs

Author : Milad Abassiharofteh

Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand

Page : 226 pages

File Size : 37,51 MB

Release : 2022-03

Category :

ISBN : 388838110X

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What can be understood by spatial transformation, how does it manifest itself and what are the characteristics of transformation processes? This Research Report addresses these questions and presents current research projects and approaches from an academic and practical (planning) perspective. A central point of reference is the concept of a "Great Transformation", which stems from an expert report by the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). It outlines the profound changes in the economy and society towards sustainability that will become necessary in the future, describing them as a "Great Transformation". Likewise, social upheavals also manifest themselves in space, enabling spatial changes to be understood as spatial transformations. However, on a detailed level it remains unclear what is to be understood by spatial transformation processes and how they manifest themselves. Against the background of this need for (further) research, this Research Report addresses concrete issues in the research and shaping of spatial transformation processes. The aim is to systematise the largely unordered or disordered knowledge of spatial transformation processes and to contribute to a common understanding of the associated concepts, which can form the basis for further research and for the steering of these processes. The articles on the following topics show how spatial and social transformation processes are mutually dependent and what opportunities and challenges inter- and transdisciplinary research designs can offer in this context: Perspectives on transformation processes; Social and settlement structures in change; Regional development and innovation; Transformation processes in the so-called Global South; New challenges for planning, processes and stakeholders; Research on transformation. The contributions to theoretical, methodological and practical approaches are intended to stimulate a critical discussion on spatial transformation that is open to new, interdisciplinary perspectives.