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Title Mapping environmental sustainability : reflecting on systemic practices for participatory research / edited by Sue Oreszczyn, Andy Lane
Published Bristol : Policy Press, 2017
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Contents MAPPING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY -- Contents -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- List of acronyms -- Notes on contributors -- 1. Introduction -- Interweaving themes -- Putting it all together -- Structure of the book -- 2. Systems thinking in practice: mapping complexity -- Editors' introduction -- Introduction -- Systems principles and diagramming -- â#x80;#x98;Systemsâ#x80;#x99; diagramming in practice -- Conclusions -- 3. Researching agri-environmental problems with others -- Editors' introduction -- Introduction -- Mapping with companies
Scenario mapping with policymakersPartners rather than participants -- Reflecting on process and practice across all three projects -- Final thoughts -- 4. Mapping agri-environmental knowledge systems -- Editors' introduction -- Introduction -- Researching with farmers and their networks -- Farmer understandings, communities and networks of practice -- Taking forward what we learned -- Reflections on our projects -- 5. Using visual approaches with Indigenous communities -- Editors' introduction -- Introduction -- The context: North Rupununi, Guyana
The development of a systemic, participatory and visual research approach Discussion -- Conclusions -- 6. Mapping muck: stakeholders' views on organic waste -- Editors' introduction -- Introduction -- Diagrams and research design -- Diagrams and data elicitation -- Using diagrams for data analysis and presenting findings -- Impacts on policymakers and practitioners -- Conclusions -- 7. Understanding and developing communities of practice through diagramming -- Editors' introduction -- Introduction -- Communities of practice
Communities of practice and sustainability Design for learning in communities of practice -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- 8. 'Imagine': mapping sustainability indicators -- Editors' introduction -- Beginning at the beginning -- Starting somewhere: inelegant names and methodology evolution -- Mapping perspectives through Imagine: Lebanon, Algeria, Slovenia, Cyprus and Spain -- The importance of visual mapping for identifying and capturing perspectives -- Conclusions so far: the social life of methods -- 9. Evaluating diagramming as praxis
Summary Mapping environmental sustainability explains the development of visual mapping techniques with practical case studies that describe their application in environmental sustainability projects, from working with farmers and their networks to using visual mapping with Indigenous communities and managing coastal environments
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Sustainability -- Research
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
Sustainability
Form Electronic book
Author Oreszczyn, Sue, editor.
Lane, Andrew, 1957- editor.
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