Roland W. Scholz. -- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

xxiii, 631 p.; 25 cm.

ISBN 978-0-521-18333-8.

Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.

Contenido: Invention of the environment: origins, transdisciplinarity, and theory of science perspectives -- What knowledge about what environment -- From environmental literacy to transdisciplinarity -- Basic epistemological assumptions -- History of mind of biological knowledge -- Emerging knowledge on morphology, ecology, and evolution -- From molecular structures to ecosystems -- Contributions of psychology -- Psychological approaches to human-environment interactions -- Drivers of individual behavior -- Contributions of sociology -- Traditional sociological approaches to human-environment interactios -- Modern sociological approaches to human-environment interactions -- Contributions of economics -- Origins of economic thinking and the environment -- Contemporary economic theories dealing with the environment -- Contributions of industrial ecology -- The emergence of industrial ecology -- Industrial agents and global biogeochemical dynamics -- Beyond disciplines and sciences -- Integrated systems modeling of complex human-environment systems -- Transdisciplinarity for environmental literacy -- A framework for investigating human-environment systems (HES) -- The HES postulates -- The HES framework -- Applying the HES framework -- Comparing the HES framework with alternative approaches -- Perspectives for environmental literacy -- New horizons: environmental and sustainability sciences.