Development and Sustainability : The Challenge of Social Change.

Cover -- About CROP -- Series titles -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1 | Development and sustainability science: transdisciplinary knowledge for positive social change -- Introduction -- Development and the search for sustainability -- Development research at the University of Bergen -- Sustainability science and global challenges -- Sustainable science: a special case of transdisciplinary research -- The genesis of the book project -- What does the book offer to this emerging field? -- Preliminary conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 2 | Seeking wisdom: a transdisciplinary perspective on Australian Indigenous practices and planetary management -- Introduction -- The global problématique -- Transdisciplinarity and Indigenous knowledge -- Points of connection -- Implications of the Indigenous management perspective -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 | Policies for poverty reduction in a Transformative Green Economy -- Introduction -- Part 1: Conceptual issues -- Part 2: Synergies -- Part 3: Policies -- Concluding comments -- Notes -- References -- 4 | Health promotion and sustainable development in Kazakhstan -- Introduction -- Health promotion and disease prevention policy efforts -- The health promotion Capacity Mapping Initiative in Kazakhstan -- Health education intervention strategies -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 | Children's literacy in health and sustainability -- Introduction -- The context of the case study -- Summary of case study: focus on achieving co-benefits -- Key findings from the case study -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 6 | Participatory research as a tool for change in ecosystem approaches to health and social equity -- Introduction -- What is participatory research?.

The values and principles underpinning participatory research practice -- An ecosystems view of health -- The domination of a Western worldview in public health research and its impact -- Towards thinking integratively as a challenge to prevailing worldviews -- Participatory research as an ecological practice underpinned by an integrative and transdisciplinary worldview -- Note -- References -- 7 | Connecting development and sustainability: empowering people to effective international cooperation -- Introduction -- Development in extremely poor regions: the case of Carrefour Feuilles -- Lessons from Haiti for development studies -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 8 | Sustainability and transdisciplinary knowledge: experience gained and challenges ahead -- Revisiting what we wanted to achieve with this book -- What did we manage in view of our plans? -- Five features of sustainability science -- Challenges ahead -- References -- Notes on contributors -- Editors -- Contributors -- Index.

Explores how new forms of interdisciplinary cooperation can help to eradicate poverty on a world scale.

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