Sustainability Science : A Multidisciplinary Approach / UN.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

UN.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environment and Climate Change.

Local Subjects:

Environment and Climate Change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (498 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Sustainability science is an academic discipline that emerged in response to threats to the sustainability of the global environment. Its purpose is to help build a sustainable society by developing solutions to climate change, the exhaustion of resources, ecological destruction and other environmental crises that threaten the future of humanity. Sustainability science seeks comprehensive, integrated solutions to complex problems and a restructuring of education and research that spans multiple disciplines. It demands the development of policies that protect the natural and cultural diversity of different regions and promotes the physical and economic health of their inhabitants. This volume offers approaches to the development of a transdisciplinary perspective that embraces natural, social and human sciences in the quest for a sustainable society. It also strives for a global perspective while incorporating the wisdom and experience of local societies.

Contents:

Preface

Sustainability science: Building a new academic discipline

The structuring of knowledge

The structuring of action

The structuring of knowledge based on ontology engineering

The application of ontology engineering to biofuel problems

Conclusion part 2

The evolution of the concept of sustainability science

Exploring sustainability science: Knowledge, institutions and innovation

Multifaceted aspects of sustainability science

Conclusion part 3

Introduction

Problem-structuring methods based on a cognitive mapping approach

Technology governance

Policy instruments

Consensus-building processes

Public deliberation for sustainability governance: GMO debates in Hokkaido

Science and technology communication

Global governance

Conclusion part 4

Global change and the role of the natural sciences

Science and technology for society

Science for sustainable agriculture

Defining the sustainable use of fishery resources

The market economy and the environment

Social science and knowledge for sustainability

The human dimension in sustainability science

The integration of existing academic disciplines for sustainability science

Overview of sustainability education

Core competencies

Pedagogies of sustainability education

Key concepts for sustainability education

Economics, development and governance in sustainability education

Practices and barriers in sustainability education: A case study of Osakas university

Field study in sustainability education: A case from Furano City, Hokkaido, Japan

Sustainability education by IR3S universities

Conclusion part 6

Building a global meta-network for sustainability science.

ISBN:

9789210563260

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