Special Issue Sustainable Interdisciplinarity: Human–Nature Relations

Giuseppe T. Cirella,Alessio Russo

doi:10.3390/su12010002

Giuseppe T. Cirella, Alessio Russo

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https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010002

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Abstract

Sustainable interdisciplinarity focuses on human–nature relations and a multitude of contemporary overlapping research between society and the environment. A variety of disciplines have played a large part in better understanding sustainable development since its high-profile emergence approximately a quarter century ago. At present, the forefront of sustainability research is an array of methods, techniques, and growing knowledge-base that considers past, present, and future pathways. Specific multi-disciplinary concentrations within the scope of societal changes, urban landscape transformations, international environmental comparative studies as well as key theories and dynamics relating to sustainable performance are explored. Specializations in complex sustainability issues address international governance arrangements, rules, and organizations—both public and private—within the scope of four themes: sustainability, human geography, environment, and interdisciplinary societal studies. This book contains eleven thoroughly refereed contributions concerning pressing issues that interlink sustainable interdisciplinarity with the presented themes in respect of the human–nature interface.

Highlights

This Special Issue is comprised of eleven thoroughly refereed contributions that shed light on a wide array of research activities within four themes: sustainability, human geography, environment, and interdisciplinary societal studies
Scientific-based applications regarding the questions of what human beings require and how compatible or, better yet, functional these requirements are with regard to the environment and co-habitancy with fellow species is the level of interdisciplinarity modern society weighs in on when dealing with this interface [3,4,5,6,7]
The fulfilment of resource efficiency in conjunction with waste management effectiveness was explored. These contributions clearly exhibit an important focus on sustainable interdisciplinarity with specific human–nature relational overlaps between society and the environment

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Introduction

This Special Issue is comprised of eleven thoroughly refereed contributions that shed light on a wide array of research activities within four themes: sustainability, human geography, environment, and interdisciplinary societal studies. Over the past few decades, a number of societal-challenging changes have arisen, in particular the environmental movement, variations in dialogue regarding sustainable development, social adherence with technological innovation, and socio-political shifts of tolerable norms. These issues have sparked much attention, research, and scientific output [1,2]. Especially contemporary ones, face diverse challenges that need to acknowledge functional, versus dysfunctional, action This acknowledgement, evident from reviewing the chronology of art and usage of modern-day social media, relates to a growing worldwide concern of ideas and concepts that people from all scopes of life are probing. This (dis)order, or some might say fragmentation, is a crossroad or transitional point in which forthcoming generations will live and work at a standard consequential to present-day actions

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