Environmental literacy in science and society : from knowledge to decisions
Scholz, Ronald W.
Environmental literacy in science and society : from knowledge to decisions - Delhi Cambridge Uni. Press 2011 - xxiii, 631p.,i p.
CONTENTS List of boxesix Acknowledgments xiii Praise for the bookxv Preamble xvii Overview: roadmap to environmental literacy xviii Legend of the roadmapxxii Part I Invention of the environment: origins, transdisciplinarity, and theory of science perspectives 1What knowledge about what environment?3 2From environmental literacyto transdisciplinarity15 3Basic epistemological assumptions29 Part II History of mind of biological knowledge 4Emerging knowledge on morphology, ecology, and evolution45 5From molecular structures to ecosystems94 Part III Contributions of psychology 6Psychological approaches to human-environment interactions137 7Drivers of individual behavior190 Part IV Contributions of sociology 8Traditional sociological approaches to human-environment interactions 215 9Modern sociological approaches to human-environment interactions231 Part V Contributions of economics 10 Origins of economic thinking and the environment257 11 Contemporary economic theories dealing with the environment281 Part VI Contributions of industrial ecology 12 The emergence of industrial ecology307 13 Industrial agents and global biogeochemkal dynamics320 PartVII Beyond disciplines and sciences 14 Integrated systems modeling of complex human-environment systems341 Roland W. Scholz, Justus Gallati, Quang Bao Le, and Roman Seidl 15 Transdisciplinarity for environmental Part VIII A framework for investigating human-environment systems (HES) 16 The HES Postulates407 17 The HES framework453 Roland W. Scholz, Claudia R. Binder, and Daniel J. Lang 18 Applying the HES framework463 Roland W. Scholz, Claudia R. Binder, Daniel J. Lang, Timo Smieszek, and Michael Staufiacher 19 Comparing the HES framework with alternative approaches509 Roland VV. Scholz and Fridolin Brand Part IX Perspective for environmental literacy 20.New horizons: environmental and sustainability sciences 525 Glossary 537 References 551 Index 626
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Environmental literacy in science and society : from knowledge to decisions - Delhi Cambridge Uni. Press 2011 - xxiii, 631p.,i p.
CONTENTS List of boxesix Acknowledgments xiii Praise for the bookxv Preamble xvii Overview: roadmap to environmental literacy xviii Legend of the roadmapxxii Part I Invention of the environment: origins, transdisciplinarity, and theory of science perspectives 1What knowledge about what environment?3 2From environmental literacyto transdisciplinarity15 3Basic epistemological assumptions29 Part II History of mind of biological knowledge 4Emerging knowledge on morphology, ecology, and evolution45 5From molecular structures to ecosystems94 Part III Contributions of psychology 6Psychological approaches to human-environment interactions137 7Drivers of individual behavior190 Part IV Contributions of sociology 8Traditional sociological approaches to human-environment interactions 215 9Modern sociological approaches to human-environment interactions231 Part V Contributions of economics 10 Origins of economic thinking and the environment257 11 Contemporary economic theories dealing with the environment281 Part VI Contributions of industrial ecology 12 The emergence of industrial ecology307 13 Industrial agents and global biogeochemkal dynamics320 PartVII Beyond disciplines and sciences 14 Integrated systems modeling of complex human-environment systems341 Roland W. Scholz, Justus Gallati, Quang Bao Le, and Roman Seidl 15 Transdisciplinarity for environmental Part VIII A framework for investigating human-environment systems (HES) 16 The HES Postulates407 17 The HES framework453 Roland W. Scholz, Claudia R. Binder, and Daniel J. Lang 18 Applying the HES framework463 Roland W. Scholz, Claudia R. Binder, Daniel J. Lang, Timo Smieszek, and Michael Staufiacher 19 Comparing the HES framework with alternative approaches509 Roland VV. Scholz and Fridolin Brand Part IX Perspective for environmental literacy 20.New horizons: environmental and sustainability sciences 525 Glossary 537 References 551 Index 626
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