{"product_id":"reconstructing-sustainability-science-thaddeus-miller-9780415632614","title":"Reconstructing Sustainability Science: Knowledge and action for a sustainable future","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe growing urgency, complexity and \"wickedness\" of sustainability problems--from climate change and biodiversity loss to ecosystem degradation and persistent poverty and inequality--present fundamental challenges to scientific knowledge production and its use. While there is little doubt that science has a crucial role to play in our ability to pursue sustainability goals, critical questions remain as to how to most effectively organize research and connect it to actions that advance social and natural wellbeing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on interviews with leading sustainability scientists, this book examines how researchers in the emerging, interdisciplinary field of sustainability science are attempting to define sustainability, establish research agendas, and link the knowledge they produce to societal action. Pairing these insights with case studies of innovative sustainability research centres, the book reformulates the sustainability science research agenda and its relationship to decision-making and social action. It repositions the field as a \"science of design\" that aims to enrich public reasoning and deliberation while also working to generate social and technological innovations for a more sustainable future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis timely book gives students, researchers and practitioners a valuable and unique analysis of the emergence of sustainability science, and both the opportunities and barriers faced by scientific efforts to contribute to social action. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thaddeus Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415632617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415632614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Thaddeus Miller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136107065599,"sku":"9780415632614","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_737562c7-ec2a-4499-b02b-c15136e3cbce.jpg?v=1770160557","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reconstructing-sustainability-science-thaddeus-miller-9780415632614","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}