Sustainability Science

R. Eugene Turner

ISBN 10: 149390051X / ISBN 13: 9781493900510

Published by Springer New York, Springer New York Jun 2014, 2014

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The object of this book is to highlight how the nascent field of sustainability science is addressing a key challenges for scientists; that is, understanding the workings of complex systems especially when humans are involved. A consistent thread in the sustainability science movement is the wide acknowledgement that greater degrees of integration across what are now segmented dimensions of extant Science and Technology systems will be a key factor in matching the most appropriate science and technology solutions to specific sustainability problems in specific places.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 464 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sustainability Science
• Publisher: Springer New York, Springer New York Jun 2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 149390051X
• ISBN 13: 9781493900510
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 25D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 698 grams

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Synopsis

The object of this book is to highlight how the nascent field of sustainability science is addressing a key challenges for scientists; that is, understanding the workings of complex systems especially when humans are involved. A consistent thread in the sustainability science movement is the wide acknowledgement that greater degrees of integration across what are now segmented dimensions of extant Science and Technology systems will be a key factor in matching the most appropriate science and technology solutions to specific sustainability problems in specific places.

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A new paradigm for ‘use-inspired’ research, informed decision making and development of science-based policy is emerging at the very heart of the global sustainability transition. Sustainability science attempts to unravel the complexities of the coupled Human-Environment System and address the core sustainability challenges of the 21^st century:

• Reconciling society’s development goals with the planet’s environmental limits

• Understanding the fundamental character of interactions between nature and society

• Advancing the social and technological knowledge related to sustainability, and using such knowledge for action

• Balancing social and environmental well-being, quality of life, and equity with wise-management and conservation of natural resources

The topics in this book focus on emerging research and policy in, a) sustainability science, b) the ecology of cities, c) landscape ecology – scale, spatial patterns, organizational levels, and ecological processes, and d) related topics in resource exploitation and management, the valuation of natural and social capital, habitat and biodiversity conservation, social learning, ecosystem based management, and integrated watershed-coastal zone management.