Research Methods in Environmental Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems

   Building Resilience to the Challenge of Global Change

   Edited by Christian Messier, Klaus J. Puettmann, K. David Coates

   Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

   This book links the emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management. It explores how these concepts can be applied in various forest biomes of the world with their different ecological, economic and social settings, and history....

   Published January 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Research Methods: The Key Concepts

   By Michael Hammond, Jerry Wellington

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   This invaluable resource provides a comprehensive overview of the many methods and methodologies of social research. Each entry provides a critical definition and examines the value and difficulties of a particular method or methodology of concept across different fields of social research....

   Published August 16th 2012 by Routledge
3. Adaptive Collaborative Approaches in Natural Resource Governance

   Rethinking Participation, Learning and Innovation

   Edited by Hemant Ojha, Andy Hall, Rasheed Sulaiman V

   Series: Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

   The purpose of this book is to showcase a range of approaches that consider learning and collaboration as central processes in agriculture and natural resources governance and management. These include four related and overlapping adaptive collaborative approaches – Adaptive Collaborative...

   Published July 11th 2012 by Routledge
4. 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
5. 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
6. Environmental Quality Analysis

   Theory & Method in the Social Sciences

   By Allen V. Kneese, Blair T. Bower

   Series: RFF Environmental and Resource Economics Set

   This book brings together state-of-the-art papers describing comprehensive approaches to residuals management and emphasizes the need for interdisciplinary solutions to complex environmental problems. Originally published in 1972...

   Published January 18th 2011 by RFF Press
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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