Applying the HES framework

Chapter overviewEnvironmental literacy and coping with complex environmental problems can be viewed as knowledge- and experience-based artwork.A major challenge of research on human–environment systems (HES) is to define the guiding question and system boundaries adequately, to reduce complexity by...

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Published inEnvironmental Literacy in Science and Society pp. 463 - 508
Main Authors Scholz, Roland W., Binder, Claudia R., Lang, Daniel J., Smieszek, Timo, Stauffacher, Michael
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published 21.07.2011
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ISBN0521192714
0521183332
9780521192712
9780521183338
DOI10.1017/CBO9780511921520.021

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Summary:Chapter overviewEnvironmental literacy and coping with complex environmental problems can be viewed as knowledge- and experience-based artwork.A major challenge of research on human–environment systems (HES) is to define the guiding question and system boundaries adequately, to reduce complexity by identifying the relevant actors and the relevant human and environmental system, gaining access to potentially conflicting drivers in and between human systems, and identifying with and coping feedback loops linked to decisions. This chapter shows by four exemplary cases how the HES framework can be utilized for this venture.
ISBN:0521192714
0521183332
9780521192712
9780521183338
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511921520.021