Tackling wicked problems through the transdisciplinary imagination /

From climate change to GM foods, we are increasingly confronted with complex, interconnected social and environmental problems that span disciplines, knowledge bases and value systems. This book offers a transdisciplinary, open approach for those working towards resolving these 'wicked' pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brown, Valerie A., Harris, John A. (John Alfred), 1941-, Russell, Jacqueline Y.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010.
Temas:
Interdisciplinary research.
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.
Social problems > Environmental aspects.
Recherche interdisciplinaire.
Interdisciplinarité.
Problèmes sociaux > Aspect de l'environnement.
SCIENCE > Research & Methodology.
Science.
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge
Interdisciplinary research
Tvärvetenskaplig forskning.
Kunskapsteori.
Miljöfrågor > sociala aspekter.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Part 1 The Ideas; Chapter 1 Towards a Just and Sustainable Future; Chapter 2 Beyond Disciplinary Confinement to Imaginative Transdisciplinarity; Chapter 3 A Philosophical Framework for an Open and Critical Transdisciplinary Inquiry; Chapter 4 Collective Inquiry and Its Wicked Problems; Chapter 5 Ignorance and Uncertainty; Part 2 The Practice; Overview; Chapter 6 Conducting an Imaginative Transdisciplinary Inquiry; Chapter 7 Specialized Inquiry; Chapter 8 Community-Based Inquiry.

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