TY - CHAP

T1 - Sustainablity Communication - An Introduction

AU - Michelsen, Gerd

AU - Godemann, Jasmin

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - The development of the term sustainability communication is accompanied by the call for responsible human interaction with the natural and social environment. This entails a process of social understanding that deals with the causes and with possible solutions. The task of sustainability communication is to critically evaluate and introduce an understanding of the human-environment relationship into social discourse. Alongside defining and providing a theoretical framework for mutual understanding, this chapter will describe issues, concepts and methods relating to sustainability communication.

AB - The development of the term sustainability communication is accompanied by the call for responsible human interaction with the natural and social environment. This entails a process of social understanding that deals with the causes and with possible solutions. The task of sustainability communication is to critically evaluate and introduce an understanding of the human-environment relationship into social discourse. Alongside defining and providing a theoretical framework for mutual understanding, this chapter will describe issues, concepts and methods relating to sustainability communication.

KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication

KW - Theoretical framework

KW - Sustainability communication

KW - Sustainability research

KW - Systemic-constructuvist perspective

KW - Methods of sustainability communication

U2 - 10.1007/978-94-007-1697-1_1

DO - 10.1007/978-94-007-1697-1_1

M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

SN - 978-94-007-1696-4

SP - 3

EP - 12

BT - Sustainability Communication

A2 - Godemann, Jasmin

A2 - Michelsen, Gerd

PB - Springer Science+Business Media

CY - Dordrecht u.a.

ER -