TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fahy,Frances
AU  - Rau,Henrike
AU  - Rau,Henrike
TI  - Methods of sustainability research in the social sciences
SN  - 9780857025210
AV  - H61 .F38 2013 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Thousand Oaks, CA
PB  - SAGE Publications Inc
KW  - Sustainability
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Local
KW  - Social sciences
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - Sustainability research in the social sciences--concepts, methodologies and the challenge of interdisciplinarity / Henrike Rau and Frances Fahy
ER  -