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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Berichte
URL http://hdl.handle.net/10419/44728
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Titel (primär) Relating the philosophy and practice of ecological economics. The role of concepts, models, and case studies in inter and transdisciplinary sustainability research
Autor Baumgärtner, S.; Becker, C.; Frank, K. ORCID logo ; Müller, B. ORCID logo ; Quaas, M.
Quelle UFZ-Diskussionspapiere
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
Department OESA
Band/Volume 2/2008
Seite bis 21
Sprache englisch
Abstract We develop a comprehensive multi-level approach to ecological economics (CML-approach) which integrates philosophical considerations on the foundations of ecological economics with an adequate operationalization. We argue that the subject matter and aims of ecological economics require a specific combination of inter- and transdisciplinary research, and discuss the epistemological position on which this approach is based. In accordance with this understanding of inter- and transdisciplinarity and the underlying epistemological position, we develop an operationalization which comprises simultaneous analysis on three levels of abstraction: concepts, models and case studies. We explain these levels in detail, and, in particular, deduce our way of generic modeling in this context. Finally, we illustrate the CML-approach and demonstrate its fruitfulness by the example of the sustainable management of semi-arid rangelands.
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Baumgärtner, S., Becker, C., Frank, K., Müller, B., Quaas, M. (2008):
Relating the philosophy and practice of ecological economics. The role of concepts, models, and case studies in inter and transdisciplinary sustainability research
UFZ-Diskussionspapiere 2/2008
UFZ Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Leipzig, 21 pp.