Methods of sustainability research in the social sciences /
Edited by Frances Fahy & Henrike Rau.
- xiv, 213 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents Part 1. Measuring the Immeasurable? The Challenges and Opportunities of sustainable research in the Social Sciences
1. Sustainability Research in the Social Sciences Concepts Methodologies and the Challenge of Interdisciplinarity
Part II. Researching Local Lives: Experiences of (Un)sustainability among individuals, Households and Communities
2. Household Analysis: Researching 'green' lifestyles, a survey approach 3. Social Groups and Collective Decision Making : Focus group approaches 4. Local Lives and Conflict : Towards a methodology of dialogic research
Part III. Comparative Research on the Sustainability Performance of Cities, Regions and Nation-states
5. Sustainable Development of What? Contesting global development concepts and Measures 6. Biophysical Indicators of society -nature Interaction : Material and energy flow analysis, human appropriation of net primary production and ecological footprint 7. Mapping for Sustainability : Environmental Noise and the City
Part IV. Time in Focus 8. Everyday life i Transition: Biographical research 9. Time and Sustainability
Part V, Current Developments and Future Trends 10. Researching Complex Sustainability Issues : Reflections on current challenges and future developments
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sustainability research in the social sciences--concepts, methodologies and the challenge of interdisciplinarity / Henrike Rau and Frances Fahy.