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Sustainable consumption is a central research topic in academic
discourses of sustainable development and global environmental
change. Informed by a number of disciplinary perspectives, this
book is structured around four key themes in sustainable
consumption research: Living, Moving, Dwelling and Futures. The
collection successfully balances theoretical insights with grounded
case studies, on mobility, heating, washing and eating practices,
and concludes by exploring future sustainable consumption research
pathways and policy recommendations. Theoretical frameworks are
advanced throughout the volume, especially in relation to social
practice theory, theories of behavioural change and innovative
visioning and backcasting methodologies. This groundbreaking book
draws on some conceptual approaches which move beyond the
responsibility of the individual consumer to take into account
wider social, economic and political structures and processes in
order to highlight both possibilities for and challenges to
sustainable consumption. This approach enables students and
policy-makers alike to easily recognise the applicability of social
science theories.
Sustainable consumption is a central research topic in academic
discourses of sustainable development and global environmental
change. Informed by a number of disciplinary perspectives, this
book is structured around four key themes in sustainable
consumption research: Living, Moving, Dwelling and Futures. The
collection successfully balances theoretical insights with grounded
case studies, on mobility, heating, washing and eating practices,
and concludes by exploring future sustainable consumption research
pathways and policy recommendations. Theoretical frameworks are
advanced throughout the volume, especially in relation to social
practice theory, theories of behavioural change and innovative
visioning and backcasting methodologies.
This groundbreaking book draws on some conceptual approaches
which move beyond the responsibility of the individual consumer to
take into account wider social, economic and political structures
and processes in order to highlight both possibilities for and
challenges to sustainable consumption. This approach enables
students and policy-makers alike to easily recognise the
applicability of social science theories.
This open access book examines the role of citizens in sustainable
energy transitions across Europe. It explores energy problem
framing, policy approaches and practical responses to the challenge
of securing clean, affordable and sustainable energy for all
citizens, focusing on households as the main unit of analysis. The
book revolves around ten contributions that each summarise national
trends, socio-material characteristics, and policy responses to
contemporary energy issues affecting householders in different
countries, and provides good practice examples for designing and
implementing sustainable energy initiatives. Prominent concerns
include reducing carbon emissions, energy poverty, sustainable
consumption, governance, practices, innovations and sustainable
lifestyles. The opening and closing contributions consider European
level energy policy, dominant and alternative problem framings and
similarities and differences between European countries in relation
to reducing household energy use. Overall, the book is a valuable
resource for researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and others
interested in sustainable energy perspectives.
Sustainability is a key concept used by social scientists
interested in interactions between human society and the
environment. This text offers a systematic and critical review of
established and emerging methodological approaches, as well as
tools for the integrated investigation of sustainability questions.
Recognising the significance of scale for sustainability efforts
and measurement, its scope ranges from the local to the global.
Divided into five sections: Part I: examines the key challenges
inherent to social scientific sustainability research, focusing in
particular on methodological questions that arise from recent
efforts towards greater disciplinary integration. Part II:
discusses methodologies aimed at the investigation of attitudes and
behaviour observable at the local level - from families and
households to individual organisations within communities. Part
III: focuses on comparative sustainability research across
different levels of socio-political organisation - from cities and
regions to nation-states. Part IV: covers recent developments which
recognise the significance of time for sustainability research and
which offer innovative methodological approaches that focus on life
events and long-term outcome. Part V: offers a critical assessment
of current and future trends in social-scientific sustainability
researc. Bringing together contributions from international social
scientists, this is the resource for academics and practitioners
interested in sustainability research. It will be a core teaching
text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in sustainability
and sustainable development, geography, environmental sociology and
the environmental sciences.
This open access book examines the role of citizens in sustainable
energy transitions across Europe. It explores energy problem
framing, policy approaches and practical responses to the challenge
of securing clean, affordable and sustainable energy for all
citizens, focusing on households as the main unit of analysis. The
book revolves around ten contributions that each summarise national
trends, socio-material characteristics, and policy responses to
contemporary energy issues affecting householders in different
countries, and provides good practice examples for designing and
implementing sustainable energy initiatives. Prominent concerns
include reducing carbon emissions, energy poverty, sustainable
consumption, governance, practices, innovations and sustainable
lifestyles. The opening and closing contributions consider European
level energy policy, dominant and alternative problem framings and
similarities and differences between European countries in relation
to reducing household energy use. Overall, the book is a valuable
resource for researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and others
interested in sustainable energy perspectives.
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