Transdisciplinary Solutions for Sustainable Development (Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development) - Hardcover

Charlesworth, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138901164 ISBN 13: 9781138901162

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Global environmental issues such as climate change and species loss are intensifying despite our best efforts to combat them. The key reason for this is that the drivers of these problems are closely linked to the industrialism and consumerism that are promoted by governments and other organizations the world over.

This innovative book identifies the key issues that block progress in sustainable development and proposes transdisciplinary solutions. Presenting a review of the epistemology and ethics of this policy field including current policy responses, it examines the ethical and policy implications from a multidisciplinary perspective. The book explains the current limitations of scientific prediction for global environmental issues and develops innovative approaches to respond to these difficulties, drawing out lessons that will make sustainable development policy more democratic, plural and open.

This book will be of great interest to students and researchers in environmental policy, development studies, politics, economics and sustainable development.

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About the Author

Mark Charlesworth is Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Social Sciences, Keele University, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138901164
• ISBN 13: 9781138901162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 278