Complexity and sustainability /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wells, Jennifer, 1969-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
Series:	Routledge studies in ecological economics ; 26.
Subjects:	Complexity (Philosophy) Environmentalism. Biotic communities. Social systems. System theory.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Elucidating complexity theories
Complexity in the natural sciences
Complexity in social theory
Towards transdisciplinarity
Complexity in philosophy: complexification and the limits to knowledge
Complexity in ethics
Earth in the anthropocene
Complexity and climate change
American dreams, ecological nightmares and new visions
Complexity and sustainability: wicked problems, gordian knots and synergistic solutions
Conclusion.