Methods of Sustainability Research in the Social Sciences

Methods of Sustainability Research in the Social Sciences

Rau, Henrike; Fahy, Frances

Sage Publications Ltd

01/2013

232

Mole

Inglês

9780857025227

0857025228

15 a 20 dias

Sustainability is a key word in the environmental vocabulary informing how research projects in the social sciences are framed. This book provides a systematic and critical review of the key research methods used when studying sustainable strategies and outcomes.
PART ONE: MEASURING THE IMMEASURABLE? THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Sustainability Research in the Social Sciences - Concepts, Methodologies and the Challenge of Interdisciplinarity - Henrike Rau and Frances Fahy
PART TWO: RESEARCHING LOCAL LIVES: EXPERIENCES OF (UN)SUSTAINABILITY AMONG INDIVIDUALS, HOUSEHOLDS AND COMMUNITIES
Household Analysis: Researching 'Green' Lifestyles, A Survey Approach - Stewart Barr and Jan Prillwitz
Social Groups and Collective Decision-making: Focus Group Approaches - Anna Davies
Local Lives and Conflict: Towards a Methodology of Dialogic Research - Mark Garavan
PART THREE: COMPARATIVE RESEARCH ON THE SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE OF CITIES, REGIONS AND NATION-STATES
Sustainable Development of What? Contesting Global Development Concepts and Measures - Su-ming Khoo
Biophysical Indicators of Society-Nature Interaction: Material and Energy Flow Analysis, Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production and the Ecological Footprint - Veronika Gaube, Helmut Haberl, Karl-Heinz Erb
Mapping for Sustainability: Environmental Noise and the City - Enda Murphy and Eoin A King
PART IV: TIME IN FOCUS
Everyday Life in Transition: Biographical Research and Sustainability - Melanie Jaeger-Erben
Time and Sustainability - Henrike Rau and Ricca Edmondson
PART V: CURRENT DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE TRENDS
Researching Complex Sustainability Issues: Reflections on Current Challenges and Future Developments - Frances Fahy and Henrike Rau
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Unsustainability;Sustainable development;Sustainable research;Sustainable methodology;Environmental research;Geographical research;Environmental sociology