Routledge Handbook of Sustainability Science

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-138-82549-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

Reihe: Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks

This Handbook is the first to offer a comprehensive discussion of Sustainability Science. It covers the major concepts and methodologies in sustainability science, the current practice of implementing them into academic programs, the process of institutionalization, and societal collaboration aimed at accelerating a shift to sustainability. The Handbook brings together experts from Sustainability Science academic programs around the world, such as the US, Germany, Japan, and Sweden, thus allowing comparisons of diverse experiences in different geographical, cultural, and historical contexts.

Edited by one of the leading scholars in the field, the Handbook explores many challenges linked to the task of developing a new field, in particular asking new questions, creating new concepts, frameworks, theory and methodology (in parts two and three) but also in contributing to increased understandings of the causes and consequences of un-sustainability (parts four and five) and thus the need for major social transitions to sustainability (parts four and five).

This unique contribution to a rapidly emerging field is an essential reference book for scholars and students of Sustainability Science.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yarime, Masaru

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Introduction 1. Possibilities and Challenges in Sustainability Science 2. Philosophical Foundations of Sustainability Science 3. History of Sustainability Science 4. Knowledge Structure of Sustainability Science 5. Research Cores in Sustainability Science 6. Interdisciplinary Research in Sustainability Science 7. Current State of Education in Sustainability Science Part 2: Concepts and Theoretical Frameworks 8. Coupled Natural-Social Systems 9. Knowledge System 10. Resilience 11. Transdisciplinarity 12. Sustainability Transitions 13. Science for Sustainability and Science of Sustainability Part 3: Methodologies in Research and Education 14. Sustainability Assessment 15. Data-Intensive Approach 16. Network Approach to Social-Ecological Systems 17. Functional Fit between Institutions and Ecosystems 18. Solution-Oriented Research 19. Scenario Analysis 20. Problem-Based Learning Part 4: Institutionalization of Sustainability Science 21. Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Publication 22. Evaluation of Research: Criteria and Impacts 23. Appraisal of Sustainability Education Part 5: Case Studies: Implications for Practice 24. Agriculture/Food 25. Energy Water 26. Nexus between Water and Energy in Cities 27. Governance 28. Finance 29. Science, Technology, and Innovation Part 6: Global Perspectives 30. China 31. India 32. Islamic Perspective 33. Africa 34. Latin America

Über Autor(innen)

Masaru Yarime is Associate Professor for theGraduate Program in Sustainability Science (GPSS) atGraduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan. He is also Honorary Reader, Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP), University College London (UCL), UK. He is Editor of the Journal of Sustainability Science.