Sustainability Science
The Emerging Paradigm and the Urban Environment
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, Business & Finance, Economics
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781461431886 | |
| Publisher: | Springer New York | Publication: | June 5, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Springer | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781461431886 |
| Publisher: | Springer New York |
| Publication: | June 5, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Springer |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
