Understanding Society and Natural Resources: Forging New Strands of Integration Across the Social Sciences...

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Michael J. Manfredo Jerry J. Vaske

Understanding Society and Natural Resources

Forging New Strands of Integration Across the Social Sciences

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

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English

Springer
07 August 2014

Society & Social Sciences; Sociology; Earth sciences; Human geography

In this edited open access book 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 studies focused at one level are unlikely to provide explanations that represent this complexity and are limited in their ability to inform policy recommendations. Complex problems are best explored across disciplines that examine social-ecological phenomenon from different scales. Second, multi-disciplinary initiatives such as those with physical and biological scientists are necessary to understand the scope of the social sciences. Too frequently there is a belief that one social scientist on a multi-disciplinary team provides adequate social science representation. Third, more complete models of human behavior will be achieved through a synthesis of diverse social science perspectives.

Edited by: Michael J. Manfredo, Jerry J. Vaske, Andreas Rechkemmer, Esther A. Duke
Imprint: Springer
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm,
ISBN: 9789401789677
ISBN 10: 9401789673
Pages: 261
Publication Date: 07 August 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Understanding Society and Natural Resources: Forging New Strands of Integration Across the Social Sciences

""This volume is clearly an important contribution to the literature with a proper blending of different disciplines that would help us understand the interface between human society and natural resources in an integral manner."" - Dr. R.K Pachauri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change