02784nam a2200301Ia 4500 313184 20170223064026.0 120612s2013 cau 000 0 eng 2012941780 9780857025210 9780857025227 DLC DLC pcc H61 .F38 2013 Methods of sustainability research in the social sciences [edited by] Frances Fahy, Henrike Rau. First edition. Thousand Oaks, CA SAGE Publications Inc 2013. 1302 xiii, 213 pages illustrations, maps (some color) 25 centimeters. pt. I Measuring the Immeasurable? The Challenges and Opportunities of Sustainability Research in the Social Sciences -- 1.Sustainability Research in the Social Sciences - Concepts, Methodologies and the Challenge of Interdisciplinarity / Frances Fahy -- pt. II Researching Local Lives: Experiences of (Un)sustainability among Individuals, Households and Communities -- 2.Household Analysis: Researching `green' lifestyles, a survey approach / Jan Prillwitz -- 3.Social Groups and Collective Decision-making: Focus group approaches / Anna Davies -- 4.Local Lives and Conflict: Towards a methodology of dialogic research / Mark Garavan -- pt. III Comparative Research on the Sustainability Performance of Cities, Regions and Nation-states -- 5.Sustainable Development of What? Contesting global development concepts and measures / Su-ming Khoo -- Contents note continued: 6.Biophysical Indicators of Society-Nature Interaction: Material and energy flow analysis, human appropriation of net primary production and the ecological footprint / Karl-Heinz Erb -- 7.Mapping for Sustainability: Environmental noise and the city / Eoin A. King -- pt. IV Time in Focus -- 8.Everyday Life in Transition: Biographical research and sustainability / Melanie Jaeger-Erben -- 9.Time and Sustainability / Ricca Edmondson -- pt. V Current Developments and Future Trends -- 10.Researching Complex Sustainability Issues: Reflections on current challenges and future developments / Henrike Rau. Includes bibliographical references and index. Sustainability research in the social sciences--concepts, methodologies and the challenge of interdisciplinarity / Henrike Rau and Frances Fahy Sustainability Research Methodology 281775 Local 171848 Social sciences Research Methodology Local Fahy, Frances. editor of compilation. 221983 Local Rau, Henrike. Sustainability research in the social sciences--concepts, methodologies and the challenge of interdisciplinarity 267811 Local Rau, Henrike. editor of compilation. 267811 Local 230971 230971 0 0 lc 0 H_61_000000000000000__F38_2013 0 mbl 128316 12 12 20 2016-05-27 SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. 83.68 504022 0 H61 .F38 2013 50000003246294 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:313184 6