Transdisciplinary Sustainability Studies: A Heuristic Approach

ISBN-13: 9780415855792 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 216 str.

Katri Huutoniemi; Petri Tapio

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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 problems  3. 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 science  8.  Envisioning solutions: Expert deliberation on environmental futures  9. Understanding environmental heuristics: Trust and dialogue  PART 3: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY 10. Heuristics as cognitive tools for pursuing sustainability  11. Transdisciplinarity as sustainability

O autorze

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.