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Environmental literacy in science and society : from knowledge to decisions
- Author
- Scholz, Roland W., author.
- Title
- Environmental literacy in science and society : from knowledge to decisions / Roland W. Scholz ; some chapters are coauthored by Claudia R. Binder [and 7 others].
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- Description
- xxiii, 631 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- URL
- <Cover image> http://assets.cambridge.org/97805211/92712/cover/9780521192712.jpg
- Other contributors
- Binder, Claudia R., author.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- What knowledge about what environment?
- From environmental literacy to transdisciplinarity
- Basic epistemological assumptions
- Emerging knowledge on morphology, ecology, and evolution
- From molecular structures to ecosystems
- Psychological approaches to human-environment interactions
- Drivers of individual behavior
- Traditional sociological approaches to human-environment interactions
- Modern sociological approaches to human-environment interactions
- Origins of economic thinking and the environment
- Contemporary economic theories dealing with the environment
- The emergence of industrial ecology
- Industrial agents and global biogeochemical dynamics
- Integrated systems modeling of complex human-environment systems / Roland W. Scholz, Justus Gallati, Quang Bao Le and Roman Seidl
- Transdisciplinarity for environmental literacy
- A framework for investigating human-environment systems (HES). The HES postulates
- A framework for investigating human-environment systems (HES). The HES framework / Roland W. Scholz, Claudia R. Binder, and Daniel J. Lang
- A framework for investigating human-environment systems (HES). Applying the HES framework / Roland W. Scholz, Claudia R. Binder, Daniel J. Lang, Timo Smieszek, and Michael Stauffacher
- A framework for investigating human-environment systems (HES). Comparing the HES framework with alternative approaches / Roland W. Scholz and Fridolin Brand
- New horizons : environmental and sustainability sciences.
- Summary
- "In an era where humans affect virtually all of the earth's processes, questions arise about whether we have sufficient knowledge of human-environment interactions. How can we sustain the Earth's ecosystems to prevent collapses and what roles should practitioners and scientists play in this process? These are the issues central to the concept of environmental literacy. This unique book provides a comprehensive review and analysis of environmental literacy within the context of environmental science and sustainable development. Approaching the topic from multiple perspectives, it explores the development of human understanding of the environment and human-environment interactions in the fields of biology, psychology, sociology, economics and industrial ecology. The discussion emphasises the importance of knowledge integration and transdisciplinary processes as key strategies for understanding complex human-environment systems (HES). In addition, the author defines the HES framework as a template for investigating sustainably coupled human-environment systems in the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.
- Subject headings
- Environmental sciences. Environmental education.
- ISBN
- 9780521192712 (hardback) 0521192714 (hardback) 9780521183338 (paperback) 0521183332 (paperback)