Environmental Literacy in Science and Society: From Knowledge to Decisions

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ISBN: 9780521192712 | 0521192714
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 8/31/2011

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Comprehensive review and transdisciplinary analysis of environmental literacy within the context of environmental science and sustainable development.

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Overview
Roadmap to environmental literacy
Invention of the Environment: Origins, Transdisciplinarity, and Theory of Science Perspectives:
What knowledge about what environment?
From environmental literacy to transdisciplinarity
Basic epistemological assumptions
History of Biological Knowledge:
Emerging knowledge on morphology, ecology, and evolution
From molecular structures to ecosystems
Contributions of Psychology:
Psychological approaches to human-environment interactions
Drivers of individual behavior and action
Contributions of Sociology:
Traditional sociological approaches to human-environment interactions
Modern sociological approaches to human-environment interactions
Contributions of Economics:
Origins of economic thinking and the environment
Contemporary economic theories dealing with the environment
Contributions of Industrial Ecology:
The emergence of industrial ecology
Industrial agents and global biogeochemical dynamics
Beyond Disciplines and Sciences:
Integrated systems modeling of complex human-environment systems
Transdisciplinarity - a tool for environmental literacy
A Framework for Investigating Human-Environment Systems (HES):
The HES postulates
The HES framework
Applying the HES framework
Comparing the HES framework with alternative approaches Roland
Perspectives for Environmental Literacy:
New horizons: environmental and sustainability sciences
Glossary
References
Index
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Environmental Literacy in Science and Society: From Knowledge to Decisions

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