Social science and sustainability / editors, Heinz Schandl and Iain Walker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schandl, Heinz, editor.

Walker, Iain, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Sustainability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

A discussion of social science and sustainability concepts, frameworks and methodologies.

Contents:

Cover

Content

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Contributors

1. Introduction

2. Why do we need a sociology of society's natural relations to inform sustainable development?

3. Integration science for impact: fostering transformations towards sustainability

4. Integrating development studies and social-ecological systems thinking: towards livelihood adaptation pathways

Appendix 1

5. Remote, marginal and sustainable? The key role of brokers and bridging institutions for stronger Indigenous livelihoods in Australia's deserts

6. Sustainability science, place and regional differences: vulnerability and adaptive capacity in Sydney

7. A hierarchy of needs for achieving impact in international Research for Development

8. The co-construction of environmental (instream) flows and associated cultural ecosystem benefits

9. Dipping in the well: how behaviours and attitudes influence urban water security

10. Making sense of Australians' responses to climate change: insights from a series of five national surveys

11. Innovation, sustainability and the promise of inclusion

12. Risk, sustainability and time: sociological perspectives

13. Policy-relevant research: improving the value and impact of the social sciences

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 5, 2017).

ISBN:

9781486306428

148630642X

9781486306411

1486306411

OCLC:

965614732