Complexity and sustainability

by Wells, Jennifer

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Title Statements

Full title :Complexity and sustainability / Jennifer Wells.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 350 pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415695770, 0415695775, 9780203095676, 0203095677, 9781138790742, 1138790745
oclc:ocn738351500
LC Classification:Q175.32.C65
Dewey Decimal:003

Introduction -- Elucidating complexity theories -- Complexity in the natural sciences -- Complexity in social theory -- Towards transdisciplinarity -- Complexity in philosophy: complexification and the limits to knowledge -- Complexity in ethics -- Earth in the anthropocene -- Complexity and climate change -- American dreams, ecological nightmares and new visions -- Complexity and sustainability: wicked problems, gordian knots and synergistic solutions -- Conclusion.

Subjects

Biotic communities Complexité (Philosophie) Complexity (Philosophy) Environmentalism Environnementalisme social systems System theory Systèmes sociaux Théorie des systèmes