Overview
This book highlights sustainability science by addressing key challenges for scientists
A goal of this book is to try and understand the workings of complex systems when humans are involved
Greater degrees of integration across science and technology systems is a key factor in matching solutions to sustainability problems
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Managing the Earth’s Life Support Systems: The Emergence of Sustainability Science and Transdisciplinarity
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Balancing Ecology and Economy: Natural Capital and Quality of Life
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From Science to Policy: Managing the Commons, Social Learning and Social Responsibility
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The Ecology of Cities
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainability Science
Book Subtitle: The Emerging Paradigm and the Urban Environment
Editors: Michael P. Weinstein, R. Eugene Turner
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3188-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-3187-9Published: 29 May 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0051-0Published: 11 June 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-3188-6Published: 05 June 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 444
Topics: Environmental Economics, Sustainable Development, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, Urban Ecology