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Implications of transdisciplinarity for sustainability research
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In this article, it is shown that sustainability research for sustainable development has to be issue oriented and reflect the diversity, complexity and dynamics of the processes involved as well as their variability between specific problem situations.About:
This article is published in Ecological Economics.The article was published on 2006-11-01. It has received 590 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Transdisciplinarity & Sustainable development.read more
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Communities Constructing Their Own Alternatives in the Face of Crisis
TL;DR: In this paper, the primacy of collective determinations of the worth of their activities and the focus on collective entitlements by assuring the viability of community processes for individual participation is proposed.
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Transdisciplinary research for supporting the integration of ecosystem services into land and water management in the Tarim River Basin, Xinjiang, China
Tuck Fatt Siew,Petra Döll +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a transdisciplinary research approach for supporting the integration of the concept of eco-system services into land and water management in the Tarim River Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China.
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Organic Agriculture - Driving Innovations in Crop Research
Dionys Forster,Noah Adamtey,Monika Messmer,Lukas Pfiffner,Brian Baker,Beate Huber,Urs Niggli +6 more
TL;DR: A shift towards sustainable agricultural production entails the adoption of more system-oriented strategies that include farm derived inputs and productivity based on ecological processes and functions as mentioned in this paper, which involve the traditional knowledge and entrepreneurial skills of farmers.
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
TL;DR: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions as discussed by the authors is a seminal work in the history of science and philosophy of science, and it has been widely cited as a major source of inspiration for the present generation of scientists.
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The Limits to Growth
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate five major trends of global concern: accelerating industrialization, rapid population growth, widespread malnutrition, depletion of nonrenewable resources, and a deteriorating environment.
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Science for the post-normal age
TL;DR: In this article, a new type of science called post-normal science is proposed to cope with many uncertainties in policy issues of risk and the environment, which can provide a path to the democratization of science, and also a response to the current tendencies to post-modernity.