Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being

Holdren, John P.

doi:10.1126/science.1153386

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“…Such a belief drives our perception of sustainability science and related research as a top priority mission for science and technology (Raven 2002;Holdren 2008).…”

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Research core and framework of sustainability science

2008

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This paper reviews recent achievements in sustainability science and discusses the research core and framework of sustainability science. We analyze and organize papers published in three selected core journals of sustainability science: Sustainability Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, and Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy. Papers are organized into three categories: sustainability and its definition, domain-oriented research, and a research framework for sustainability science. First, we provide a short history and define the basic characteristics of sustainability; then we review current efforts in the following research domains: climate, biodiversity, agriculture, fishery, forestry, energy and resources, water, economic development, health, and lifestyle. Finally, we propose a research framework for sustainability science that includes the following components: goal setting, indicator setting, indicator measurement, causal chain analysis, forecasting, backcasting, and problem-solution chain analysis. We emphasize the importance of this last component for improving situations and attaining goals.

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“…Such a belief drives our perception of sustainability science and related research as a top priority mission for science and technology (Raven 2002;Holdren 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

Research core and framework of sustainability science

2008

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“…As a result to these challenges, concerns for the long-term consequences of human interventions into environment and strict ecological constraints that conform with human nature should manage the scientific technologies and industry (Dubos 1976). This will contribute in mitigating the stresses on the environment and sustaining the human well-being which based on the integrity of economic, sociopolitical and environmental conditions (Holdren 2008).…”

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A bibliometric-based evaluation on environmental research in the Arab world

Zyoud

Fuchs-Hanusch

Zyoud

et al. 2016

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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“…However, since the term was embraced by the Brundtland Commission [4], critics have challenged its emphasis on economic growth, technological progress, and energy saving as a means of promoting capitalist hegemony [5][6][7]. As argued by Acselrad, Folke, Holdren and Ehrlich [6][7][8][9], the sustainability ideal would seek moderate economic development while pursuing environmental health and integrity and social justice, for the common good of present and future generations. In any case, tensions between the logic of economic growth and environmental and social equality are still imprinted in government policies and practices worldwide.…”

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A Method for Gauging Landscape Change as a Prelude to Urban Watershed Regeneration: The Case of the Carioca River, Rio de Janeiro

Schlee¹,

Tamminga

Tângari

2012

Sustainability

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Natural systems undergo processes, flows, and rhythms that differ from those of urban sociocultural systems. While the former takes place over eras or many generations, the latter may occur within years or even months. Natural systems change includes no principle of intentional progress or enhancement of complexity. In contrast, sociocultural systems change occurs through inherited characteristics, learning, and cultural transmission [1]. Both are dynamic, heterogeneous, and vulnerable to regime shifts, and are inextricably linked. The interrelations among natural and anthropogenic factors affecting sustainability vary spatially and temporally. This paper focuses on landscape changes along the Carioca River valley in Rio de Janeiro, located in the Brazilian Neotropical Southeastern Region, and its implications for local urban sustainability. The study incorporates a transdisciplinary approach that integrates landscape ecology and urban morphology methodologies to gauge landscape change and assess social-ecological systems dynamics. The methodology includes a variety of landscape change assessments; including on-site landscape ecological, landscape morphology, biological and urbanistic surveys, to gauge urban watershed quality. It presents an adapted inventory for assessment OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2012, 4 2055 of urban tropical rivers, Neotropical Urban Stream Visual Assessment Protocol (NUSVAP), and correlates the level of stream and rainforest integrity to local urban environmental patterns and processes. How can urban regional land managers, planners and communities work together to promote shifts toward more desirable configurations and processes? An understanding of the transient behavior of social-ecological systems and how they respond to change and disturbance is fundamental to building appropriate management strategies and fostering resilience, regenerative capacity, and sustainable development in urban watersheds. The sociocultural patterns, processes and dynamics of Rio's hillsides suggest that increasing the multifunctionality, flexibility, adaptability and connectivity of open spaces may influence carrying, adaptive and regenerative capacities of urban landscape systems.

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Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being

Cited by 261 publications

References 24 publications

Research core and framework of sustainability science

Research core and framework of sustainability science

A bibliometric-based evaluation on environmental research in the Arab world

A Method for Gauging Landscape Change as a Prelude to Urban Watershed Regeneration: The Case of the Carioca River, Rio de Janeiro

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