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Inter- and transdisciplinary reasoning for action: the case of an arts–sciences–humanities intervention on climate change
Inter- and transdisciplinary (ITD) approaches represent promising ways to address complex global challenges, such as climate change. Importantly,...
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Shifting forward: Urban ecology in perspective
The world has become urban; cities increasingly shape our worldviews, relation to other species, and the large-scale, long-term decisions we make....
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A conceptual model of the social–ecological system of nature-based solutions in urban environments
This article provides a perspective on nature-based solutions. First, the argument is developed that nature-based solutions integrate social and...
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Planning nature-based solutions: Principles, steps, and insights
Nature-based solutions (NBS) find increasing attention as actions to address societal challenges through harnessing ecological processes, yet...
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Transdisciplinary Research in Land Use Science—Developments, Criticism and Empirical Findings from Research Practice
The particular importance of transdisciplinarity (TD) is emphasised against the backdrop of urgent complex real-world challenges and a changed...
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Understanding urban sustainability from Mode 2 Science and transdisciplinary education: how Master Thesis Ateliers of the Ghent Stadsacademie tackle wicked issues
The wicked sustainability problems that we are increasingly facing not only require new ways of knowledge production, but also challenge our...
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Teaching–learning environmental conflicts through case studies and experiential immersion: introducing students to transdisciplinary research
Environmental conflicts have increased considerably in recent years and approaches from situated and complex perspectives have gained relevance for...
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Sustainability Science or Sciences?
This chapter portrays the emergence of sustainability science as resulting from the encounter of various disciplines from natural and social sciences...
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Climate Change Adaptation in the Philippines
Climate change adaptation in the Philippines has evolved from “no regret” solutions to serious mainstreaming into policies and development plans,...
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Identifying transformational space for transdisciplinarity: using art to access the hidden third
A challenge for transdisciplinary sustainability science is learning how to bridge diverse worldviews among collaborators in respectful ways. A...
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Transforming universities
The dominant model of universities, especially in the social sciences, is often based upon academic disciplines, objectivity, and a linear...
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No Transition Without Transformation: Educating Sustainability
Sustainability transition is not new for higher education. Universities around the world have discussed about the topic since the 1970s, publishing...
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No Transition Without Transformation: Educating Sustainability
Sustainability transition is not new for higher education. Universities around the world have discussed about the topic since the 1970s, publishing...
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Harnessing concepts for sustainability: a pledge for a practice
The high creativity at play in sustainability science and practice gives rise to a wide variety of concepts, each trying to promote new lines of...
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Deborah Mutnick, Margaret Cuonzo, Carol Griffith, Timothy Leslie, and Jay M. Shuttleworth. The city as ecosystem: sustainable education, policy, and practice
The City is an Ecosystem is an edited volume with 22 contributed chapters focused on three major crises, i.e., climate change, biodiversity loss, and...
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Thinking Beyond Borders: How Can Humanities and Social Sciences Help to Deal with Climate Change Health Hazards in the Twenty-First Century? Outputs of the Transdisciplinary Network “Composing Worlds: Humanities, Well-being and Health in the 21st century”
Climate Change (CC) is the most noticeable evidence of the “Metamorphosis of the World” and it is changing regimes. The unpredictability of climate...
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Bibliometric Analysis of Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11) Literature in South East Europe
This paper analyzes the academic literature on sustainable cities and communities (related to Sustainable Development Goal 11) produced in the South...
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Restricted and large-scale sustainability
This article argues for a new way of approaching sustainability, reconsidering its fundamental assumptions. It describes two contrasting stances,...