TY - CHAP

T1 - Knowledge and social learning for sustainable development

AU - Siebenhüner, Bernd

AU - Heinrichs, Harald

PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - Building on the on-going discussion about topical knowledge, social learning and sustainable development, this article discusses the problem horizon of non-sustainable development in order to highlight the necessity of social learning processes and to discuss the relevant conceptual approaches to social learning. It is argued that in order to meet the challenges of global environmental changes, social learning based on scientific and practical knowledge is essential. The article ends with a review of methods and procedures of initiating social learning in social practice.

AB - Building on the on-going discussion about topical knowledge, social learning and sustainable development, this article discusses the problem horizon of non-sustainable development in order to highlight the necessity of social learning processes and to discuss the relevant conceptual approaches to social learning. It is argued that in order to meet the challenges of global environmental changes, social learning based on scientific and practical knowledge is essential. The article ends with a review of methods and procedures of initiating social learning in social practice.

KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication

KW - Reflexivity

KW - Resonance capability

KW - Sustainability

KW - Social learning

KW - Society-environment interactions

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84879890692&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-90-481-8730-0

DO - 10.1007/978-90-481-8730-0

M3 - Chapter

SN - 978-90-481-8729-4

SP - 185

EP - 199

BT - Environmental Sociology

A2 - Gross, Matthias

A2 - Heinrichs, Harald

PB - Springer

CY - Dordrecht u.a.

ER -