Research Methods in Environmental Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Human-Nature Interactions in the Anthropocene

   Potentials of Social-Ecological Systems Analysis

   Edited by Marion Glaser, Gesche Krause, Beate M.W. Ratter, Martin Welp

   Series: Routledge Studies in Environment, Culture, and Society

   This book deals with the potentials of social-ecological systems analysis for resolving sustainability problems. Contributors relate inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives to systemic dynamics, human behavior and the different dimensions and scales. With a problem-focused,...

   Published March 4th 2012 by Routledge
2. Researching Sustainability

   A Guide to Social Science Methods, Practice and Engagement

   Edited by Alex Franklin, Paul Blyton

   This book is for students and researchers across the social sciences who are planning, conducting and disseminating research on sustainability-related issues. Real-world sustainability problems cross many boundaries, and this is the first book to guide students and practitioners through the...

   Published July 31st 2011 by Routledge
3. Tackling Wicked Problems

   Through the Transdisciplinary Imagination

   By Valerie A. Brown, John A. Harris, Jacqueline Y. Russell

   From climate change to GM foods, we are increasingly confronted with complex, interconnected social and environmental problems that span disciplines, knowledge bases and value systems. This book offers a transdisciplinary, open approach for those working towards resolving these 'wicked' problems...

   Published June 24th 2010 by Routledge
4. Sustainability Education

   Perspectives and Practice across Higher Education

   By Paula Jones, David Selby, Stephen Sterling

   How do we equip learners with the values, knowledge, skills, and motivation to help achieve economic, social and ecological well-being? How can universities make a major contribution towards a more sustainable future? Amid rising expectations on HE from professional associations, funders, policy...

   Published June 22nd 2010 by Routledge
5. New Approaches to Qualitative Research

   Wisdom and Uncertainty

   Edited by Maggi Savin-Baden, Claire Howell Major

   Qualitative research has seen a surge of growth during the past decade. This is in large part because positivist approaches have not yielded the kinds of results that had been anticipated, and more researchers are seeking alternative perspectives to understand phenomena. The number of researchers...

   Published April 6th 2010 by Routledge
6. Interdisciplinarity and Climate Change

   Transforming Knowledge and Practice for Our Global Future

   Edited by Roy Bhaskar, Cheryl Frank, Karl Georg Høyer, Petter Naess, Jenneth Parker

   Series: Ontological Explorations

   Interdisciplinarity and Climate Change is a major new book addressing one of the most challenging questions of our time. Its unique standpoint is based on the recognition that effective and coherent interdisciplinarity is necessary to deal with the issue of climate change, and the multitude of...

   Published January 24th 2010 by Routledge
7. Ethnographies Revisited

   Constructing Theory in the Field

   Edited by Antony J. Puddephatt, William Shaffir, Steven W. Kleinknecht

   Ethnographies Revisited provides first-hand accounts of how leading qualitative researchers crafted key theoretical concepts found in their major book-length ethnographies. Great ethnographic research lies not in the rigid execution of prescribed methodological procedures, but on the unrelenting...

   Published June 29th 2009 by Routledge
8. New Frontiers in Urban Analysis

   In Honor of Atsuyuki Okabe

   Edited by Yasushi Asami, Yukio Sadahiro, Toru Ishikawa

   Bringing together the world’s leading experts in Urban Analysis, this remarkable and critically acclaimed volume applies the theories and models of Atsuyuko Okabe, Japan’s preeminent spatial analyst, to case studies in urban planning, transport, administration, and public health in the context of...

   Published June 25th 2009 by CRC Press
9. Representing, Modeling, and Visualizing the Natural Environment

   Edited by Nick Mount, Gemma Harvey, Paul Aplin, Gary Priestnall

   Series: Innovations in GIS

   The explosion of public interest in the natural environment can, to a large extent, be attributed to greater public awareness of the impacts of global warming and climate change. This has led to increased research interest and funding directed at studies of issues affecting sensitive, natural...

   Published December 21st 2008 by CRC Press
10. Assessing the Accuracy of Remotely Sensed Data

    Principles and Practices, Second Edition

    By Russell G. Congalton, Kass Green

    Series: Mapping Science

    Accuracy assessment of maps derived from remotely sensed data has continued to grow since the first edition of this groundbreaking book. As a result, the much-anticipated new edition is significantly expanded and enhanced to reflect growth in the field. The new edition features three new chapters,...

    Published December 11th 2008 by CRC Press