Essays about: "human-nature systems"

Showing result 6 - 7 of 7 essays containing the words human-nature systems.

  1. 6. Can critical realism be an adequate philosophy of science for sustainability science? : based on themes already extant in sustainability science

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Karl Robert Isaksen; [2012]
    Keywords : philosophy of science; human-nature systems; interdisciplinarity; sustainability science; critical realism; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Sustainability Science (SS) has, as of today, no explicit agreement on which philosophy of science should be used to guide its research. Though SS is a broad and often diffuse concept, there are certain guiding principles which are generally agreed on. READ MORE

  3. 7. The politics of resilience : A qualitative analysis of resilience theory as an environmental discourse

    University essay from Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Rickard Andersson; [2008]
    Keywords : Resilience theory; environmental discourse; ecological modernization; green governmentality; civic environmentalism; textual analysis;

    Abstract : During recent years, resilience theory – originally developed in systems ecology – has advanced as a new approach to sustainable development. However, it is still more of an academic theory than a discourse informing environmental politics. READ MORE