Social Ecology: Society-nature Relations Across Time And Space (human-environment Interactions)
by Helmut Haberl /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book presents the current state of the art in Social Ecology
as practiced by the Vienna School of Social Ecology, globally one
of the main research groups in this field. As a significant
contribution to the growing literature on interdisciplinary
sustainability studies, the book introduces the purpose and
nature of Social Ecology and then places the “Vienna School”
within the broader context of socioecological and other
interdisciplinary environmental approaches. The conceptual and
methodological foundations of Social Ecology are discussed in
detail, allowing the reader to obtain a broad overview of current
socioecological thinking. Issues covered include socio-metabolic
transitions, socioecological approaches to land use, the relation
between actor-centered and system approaches, a socioecological
theory of labor and the importance of legacies, as conceived in
Environmental History and in Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research.
To underpin this overview empirically, the strengths of
socioecological research are elucidated in cases of cutting-edge
research, introducing a variety of themes the Vienna School has
been tackling empirically over the past years.
This book presents the current state of the art in Social Ecology
as practiced by the Vienna School of Social Ecology, globally one
of the main research groups in this field. As a significant
contribution to the growing literature on interdisciplinary
sustainability studies, the book introduces the purpose and
nature of Social Ecology and then places the “Vienna School”
within the broader context of socioecological and other
interdisciplinary environmental approaches. The conceptual and
methodological foundations of Social Ecology are discussed in
detail, allowing the reader to obtain a broad overview of current
socioecological thinking. Issues covered include socio-metabolic
transitions, socioecological approaches to land use, the relation
between actor-centered and system approaches, a socioecological
theory of labor and the importance of legacies, as conceived in
Environmental History and in Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research.
To underpin this overview empirically, the strengths of
socioecological research are elucidated in cases of cutting-edge
research, introducing a variety of themes the Vienna School has
been tackling empirically over the past years.
Given how the field is presented – reflecting research carried
out on different scales, reaching from local to global as well as
from past to present and future – and due to the way the book is
structured, it is suitable for classroom use, as a primer, and
also as an overview of how Social Ecology evolved, right up to
its current research frontiers.
Given how the field is presented – reflecting research carried
out on different scales, reaching from local to global as well as
from past to present and future – and due to the way the book is
structured, it is suitable for classroom use, as a primer, and
also as an overview of how Social Ecology evolved, right up to
its current research frontiers.