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Guiding principles for transdisciplinary sustainability research and practice

open access: yesPeople and Nature, 2023
Transdisciplinary sustainability scientists are called to conduct research with community actors to understand and improve relations between people and nature.
Maureen G. Reed   +15 more
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Philosophy of science for sustainability science [PDF]

open access: yesSustainability Science, 2020
AbstractSustainability science seeks to extend scientific investigation into domains characterized by a distinct problem-solving agenda, physical and social complexity, and complex moral and ethical landscapes. In this endeavor, it arguably pushes scientific investigation beyond its usual comfort zones, raising fundamental issues about how best to ...
Michiru Nagatsu   +6 more
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Knowledge management, innovation and big data: Implications for sustainability, policy making and competitiveness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This Special Issue of Sustainability devoted to the topic of “Knowledge Management, Innovation and Big Data: Implications for Sustainability, Policy Making and Competitiveness” attracted exponential attention of scholars, practitioners, and ...
Lytras, Miltiadis   +1 more
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Rethinking the Galapagos Islands as a Complex Social-Ecological System: Implications for Conservation and Management

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2008
The Galapagos Islands are among the most renowned natural sites in the world. Unlike other oceanic archipelagos, the ecological and evolutionary processes characteristic of Galapagos have been minimally affected by human activities, and the archipelago ...
José A. González   +3 more
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A critical realist inquiry in conducting interdisciplinary research: an analysis of LUCID examples

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2018
In recent years, a strong natural science hegemony has predominantly framed our understanding of sustainability challenges and, as a result, the production of solution strategies.
Maryam Nastar   +2 more
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Threshold concepts and sustainability: features of a contested paradigm

open access: yesFACETS, 2020
Threshold concepts describe the core concepts that people must master if they are to effectively think from within a new discipline or paradigm. Here, I discuss threshold concepts relevant to the science and practice of sustainability, unpacking the ...
Philip A. Loring
doaj   +1 more source

Ciencia de la sostenibilidad: Un nuevo campo de conocimientos al que la química y la educación química están contribuyendo

open access: yesEducación Química, 2013
Sustainability Science: A New Knowledge Domain to which Chemistry and Chemistry Education are contributing The most diverse knowledge domains are currently contributing to the treatment of socio-environmental problems.
Amparo Vilches, Daniel Gil Pérez
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers to scaling sustainable land and water management in Uganda: a cross-scale archetype approach

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2021
In African small-scale agriculture, sustainable land and water management (SLWM) is key to improving food production while coping with climate change. However, the rate of SLWM adoption remains low, suggesting a gap between generalized SLWM advantages ...
Luigi Piemontese   +5 more
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ADAPTS: An Intelligent Sustainable Conceptual Framework for Engineering Projects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This paper presents a conceptual framework for the optimization of environmental sustainability in engineering projects, both for products and industrial facilities or processes.
Heras García de Vinuesa, Ana de las   +3 more
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Sustentabilidad y Educación Química

open access: yesEducación Química, 2013
Sustainability and Chemistry Education Sustainability is the mantra —“a word capable of creating transformation”— for the twenty-first century. In the face of challenges motivated by human growth, the adoption of a sustainable path for development in ...
Carlos Amador Bedolla
doaj   +1 more source

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