Understanding Society and Natural Resources

Understanding Society and Natural Resources

Society; Resources

In this edited volume leading scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds wrestle with social science integration opportunities and challenges. This book explores the growing concern of how best to achieve effective integration of the social science disciplines as a means for furthering natural resource social science and environmental problem solving. The chapters provide an overview of the history, vision, advances, examples and methods that could lead to integration. The quest for integration among the social sciences is not new. Some argue that the social sciences have lagged in their advancements and contributions to society due to their inability to address integration related issues. Integration merits debate for a number of reasons. First, natural resource issues are complex and are affected by multiple proximate driving social factors. Single disciplinary

Michael J. Manfredo
Jerry J. Vaske
Andreas Rechkemmer
Esther A. Duke

https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32706

Springer Nature

2014

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DOI : 10.1007/978-94-017-8959-2