Structuring sustainability science

Sustainability Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-82

  Jerneck, Anne ^a   Olsson, Lennart ^a   Ness, Barry ^a   Anderberg, Stefan ^a   Baier, Matthias ^b   Clark, Eric ^b   Hickler, Thomas ^c   Hornborg, Alf ^b   Kronsell, Annica ^b   Lövbrand, Eva ^d   Persson, Johannes ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Critical research; Problem solving research; Sustainability challenges; Sustainability pathways; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651305539     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-010-0117-x     Document Type: Article

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