Understanding Society and Natural Resources: Forging New Strands of Integration Across the Social Sciences

ISBN-13: 9789401789585 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 261 str.

Michael J. Manfredo; Andreas Rechkemmer; Jerry J. Vaske

Opis

In this edited open access book leading scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds wrestle with social science integration opportunities and challenges. This book explores the growing concern of how best to achieve effective integration of the social science disciplines as a means for furthering natural resource social science and environmental problem solving. The chapters provide an overview of the history, vision, advances, examples and methods that could lead to integration.The quest for integration among the social sciences is not new. Some argue that the social sciences have lagged in their advancements and contributions to society due to their inability to address integration related issues. Integration merits debate for a number of reasons. First, natural resource issues are complex and are affected by multiple proximate driving social factors. Single disciplinary studies focused at one level are unlikely to provide explanations that represent this complexity and are limited in their ability to inform policy recommendations. Complex problems are best explored across disciplines that examine social-ecological phenomenon from different scales. Second, multi-disciplinary initiatives such as those with physical and biological scientists are necessary to understand the scope of the social sciences. Too frequently there is a belief that one social scientist on a multi-disciplinary team provides adequate social science representation. Third, more complete models of human behavior will be achieved through a synthesis of diverse social science perspectives.

Recenzje

"This volume is clearly an important contribution to the literature with a proper blending of different disciplines that would help us understand the interface between human society and natural resources in an integral manner."
- Dr. R.K Pachauri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Spis treści

Preface I: Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.- Preface II: And not OR: Al Luloff, Jeffery Bridger, Penn State University; Gene Theodori, Sam Houston State.- Introduction: Michael J. Manfredo, Jerry J. Vaske, Colorado State University; Andreas Rechkemmer, University of Denver; Esther A. Duke, Colorado State University.- Part I: The Status of Integration: Chapter 1: A Vision of the Future of Science: Reintegrating of the Study of Humans and the Rest of Nature: Robert Costanza, Australian National University.- Chapter 2: Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB): Integrating Social Science and the Humanities into Solving Sustainability Challenges: Ilan Kelman, University College London; Eugene Rosa, Washington State University; Tom R. Burns, University of Uppsala; Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University; Joan Diamond, Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability; Nora Machado, Lisbon University Institute; Donald Kennedy, Stanford University; Lennart Olsson, Lund University.- Part 2: Topics in Integration: Chapter 3: Science During Crisis: The application of interdisciplinary and strategic science during major environmental crises: Gary Machlis, University of Idaho, National Park Service; Kris Ludwig, US Geological Survey.- Chapter 4: Who’s afraid of Thomas Malthus?: Jörg Friedrichs, Oxford University .- Chapter 5: A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Social-Ecological Models of Emerging Infectious Diseases: Melissa L. Finucane, Jefferson Fox , Sumeet Saksena, East-West Center-Hawaii; Jim Spencer, University of Hawaii.- Chapter 6: Studying Power With The Social-Ecological System Framework: Graham Epstein, Indiana University; Abigail Bennett, Duke University; Leslie Acton, Duke University; Rebecca Gruby, Colorado State University; Mateja Nenadovic, Duke University.- Chapter 7: Considerations in Representing Human Individuals in Social-Ecological Models: Michael J. Manfredo, Tara Teel, Michael C. Gavin, Colorado State University; David Fulton, University of Minnesota and U.S. Geological Survey.- Part 3: Methodological Advances for Facilitating Social Science Integration: Chapter 8: The Representation of Human-Environment Interactions in Land Change Research and Modelling: Peter Verburg, University of Amsterdam.- Chapter 9: Simulation as an Approach to Social-Ecological Integration, with an Emphasis on Agent-based Modelling: Randall Boone, Kathleen Galvin, Colorado State University.- Chapter 10: Inter-disciplinary analysis of  climate change and society: a network approach: Jeff Broadbent, University of Minnesota; Philip Vaughter, University of Saskatchewan.- Chapter 11: Designing Social Learning Systems for Integrating Social Sciences into Policy Processes: Some experiences of Water Managing: Kevin Collins, The Open University, UK.