ISBN:
9780203095676
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 350 p.)
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in ecological economics 26
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Wells, Jennifer, 1969 - Complexity and sustainability
DDC:
302.35
Keywords:
System theory Electronic books
;
Complexity (Philosophy)
;
Environmentalism
;
Ecosystems
;
Social systems
;
System theory
;
Complex organizations
;
Sustainability
;
Komplexitätstheorie
;
Komplexes System
;
Interdisziplinarität
;
Komplexes System
;
Nachhaltigkeit
;
Umweltschutz
Abstract:
1. Introduction -- 2. Elucidating complexity theories -- 3. Complexity in the natural sciences -- 4. Complexity in social theory -- 5. Towards transdisciplinarity -- 6. Complexity in philosophy : complexification and the limits to knowledge -- 7. Complexity in ethics -- 8. Earth in the anthropocene -- 9. Complexity and climate change -- 10. American dreams, ecological nightmares, and new visions -- 11. Complexity and sustainability : wicked problems, Gordian knots, and synergistic solutions -- 12. Conclusion
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [328]-337) and index
DOI:
10.4324/9780203095676
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