Sustainability: an interdisciplinary field
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https://doi.org/10.21664/2238-8869.2016v5i3.p188-204Abstract
Discussed herein is the interdisciplinary nature of the sustainability sciences field. Through a critical historical account of so-called rationalisation of life and science, it is recognised that the economic growth model that prevailed over the last few centuries led to a disjunctive dissociation of our social systems from the natural systems, which now figures as a root cause of unsustainability. The same rationalisation arguably provoked the fragmentation of knowledge into more and more specialised disciplines, as part of a scientific framework that cannot now be readily applied to deal with current pressing socioenvironmental problems. It is argued that interdisciplinarity is the only academic response capable of achieving the reintegration of knowledge required to address the sustainability paradigm, as compromises are sought between what is essential, desired and possible, both within and without academia.References
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Habermas J 1994. Teoría de la acción comunicativa: complementos y estudios previos. Catedra, Madrid, 507 pp.
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Merico LFK 1996. Introdução à economia ecológica. EDIFURB, Blumenau, 160 pp.
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Morin E 2010. Ciência com consciência. Bertrand Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, 344 pp.
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Polanyi K 1994. El sustento del hombre. Mondadori, Barcelona, 371 pp.
Ramos AG 1989. A nova ciência das organizações: uma reconceituação da riqueza das nações. Fundação Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, 209 pp.
Sachs I 2000. Caminhos para o desenvolvimento sustentável. Garamond, Rio de Janeiro, 95 pp.
Sampaio CAC 2010. Gestão que privilegia uma outra economia: ecossocioeconomia das organizações. EDIFURB, Blumenau, 145 pp.
Sandifer PA, Sutton-Grier AE, Ward BP 2015. Exploring connections among nature, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health and well-being: Opportunities to enhance health and biodiversity conservation. Ecosystem Services, 12:1-15.
Santos BS 1995. Um discurso sobre as ciências. Afrontamento, Porto, 92 pp.
Satanarachchi N, Mino T 2014. A framework to observe and evaluate the sustainability of human–natural systems in a complex dynamic context. SpingerPlus, 3:618-638.
Sidle RC, Benson WH, Carriger JF, Kamai T 2013. Broader perspective on ecosystem sustainability: Consequences for decision making. PNAS, 110(23):9201-9208.
Simmel G 2005. As grandes cidades e a vida do espírito (1903). Mana, 11(2):577-591.
Spangenberg JH 2011. Sustainability science: a review, an analysis and some empirical lessons. Environmental Conservation, 38(3):275-287.
UNESCO / IHP / WWAP 2003. Water security and peace: a synthesis of studies prepared under the Water for Peace Process. Technical Documents in Hydrology, PC-CP Series, no. 29.
World Commission on Environment and Development 1991. Our common future. United Nations, New York, 300 pp.
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FERNANDES, Valdir; RAUEN, William Bonino. Sustainability: an interdisciplinary field. Fronteiras - Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science, [S. l.], v. 5, n. 3, p. 188–204, 2016. DOI: 10.21664/2238-8869.2016v5i3.p188-204. Disponível em: https://revistas.unievangelica.edu.br/index.php/fronteiras/article/view/2049. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.
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