Methods of Sustainability Research in the Social Sciences

Name: Methods of Sustainability Research in the Social Sciences
ISBN: 9781526401748

Frances Fahy; Henrike Rau

doi:10.4135/9781526401748

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Frances Fahy
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Henrike Rau
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Ltd
- Publication year: 2013
- Online pub date: December 19, 2016
Discipline: Geography, Earth & Environmental Science
Subject: Research Methods for Geography, Research Methods for Politics & International Relations (general)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526401748
- Print ISBN:9780857025227
- Online ISBN:9781526401748
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Sustainability is a key word in the environmental vocabulary informing how research projects in the social sciences are framed. This book provides a systematic and critical review of the key research methods used when studying sustainable strategies and outcomes. It is divided into four areas:

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Part I: Measuring the Immeasurable? The Challenges and Opportunities of Sustainability Research in the Social Sciences
- Chapter 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
Part III: Comparative Research on the Sustainability Performance of Cities, Regions and Nation-states
Part IV: Time in Focus
- Chapter 8: Everyday Life in Transition: Biographical Research and Sustainability
- Chapter 9: Time and Sustainability
Part V: Current Developments and Future Trends
- Chapter 10: Researching Complex Sustainability Issues: Reflections on Current Challenges and Future Developments

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Front Matter

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Part I: Measuring the Immeasurable? The Challenges and Opportunities of Sustainability Research in the Social Sciences

Part II: Researching Local Lives: Experiences of (Un)sustainability among Individuals, Households and Communities

Part III: Comparative Research on the Sustainability Performance of Cities, Regions and Nation-states

Part IV: Time in Focus

Part V: Current Developments and Future Trends

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Methods of Sustainability Research in the Social Sciences

Summary

Contents

Subject index

Front Matter

Chapters

Part I: Measuring the Immeasurable? The Challenges and Opportunities of Sustainability Research in the Social Sciences

Part II: Researching Local Lives: Experiences of (Un)sustainability among Individuals, Households and Communities

Part III: Comparative Research on the Sustainability Performance of Cities, Regions and Nation-states

Part IV: Time in Focus

Part V: Current Developments and Future Trends

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