Reshaping environments: an interdisciplinary approach to sustainability in a complex world / edited by Helena Bender

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Foreword.. Contributors.. Acknowledgements.. Introduction: reshaping environments: an opportunity for envisioning the future.. Part 1. Cases.. 1. Costa Rica's dry north-west: a region in transition.. 2. Reshaping land transport in Singapore: a policy perspective.. 3. Evaluating different ways of managing forested landscapes.. 4. Changing the landscape management paradigm with farmers: a story of community-based resource management in the 'Heartbreak Hills', Victoria, Australia.. 5. Meeting development goals without blowing your carbon budget.. 6. The EGLE has landed: architecture reshaping schools for sustainable and effective learning.. 7. Reshaping the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: progress in river basin management.. 8. Burning questions: researching the meaning of fire in the Australian landscape.. Part 2 Skills: 9. Critique, analysis and reflection: the study of reshaping environments.. 10. Working with complex issues in group situations.. 11. Research methodology.. 12. An interdisciplinary approach.. Part 3 Theory.. 13. Reshaping the environment: how complexity, post-normal science, uncertainty and risk.. 14. Sustainability: a model for the future.. 15. Human needs, wants and norms: some concepts for exploring sustainable human-environment relationships.. 16. Conceptualising and thinking about environmental systems.. 17. Why scale matters.. Index

Reshaping Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World draws together a team of specialist authors from disciplines including urban planning, social sciences, engineering and environmental science to examine the diverse influences humans have upon the natural environment. This interdisciplinary approach presents multifaceted responses for complex environmental issues. The book explores current environmental science theories to provide a solid foundation of theoretical knowledge. Drawing on a range of case studies, it develops core analytical skills for application to real-world environmental issues. Reshaping Environments gives environmental science students the tools and insight to comprehend the range of influences society imposes on the natural environment. It is essential reading for those interested in creating a mutually beneficial future for human society and the natural environment. eng