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    <namePart>Rau, Henrike</namePart>
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    <extent>1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations</extent>
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  <abstract>Sustainability is a key word in the environmental vocabulary informing how research projects in the social sciences are framed. This book provides a systematic and critical review of the key research methods used when studying sustainable strategies and outcomes. It is divided into four areas:.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Part I. Measuring the immeasurable? The challenges and opportunities of sustainablility research in the social sciences -- Part II. Researching local lives : experiences of (un)sustainability among individuals, households and communities -- Part III. Comparative research on the sustainability performance of cities, regions and nation-states -- Part IV. Time in focus -- part V. Current developments and future trends.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Frances Fahy &amp; Henrike Rau.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <topic>Sustainability</topic>
    <topic>Research</topic>
    <topic>Methodology</topic>
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    <topic>Social sciences</topic>
    <topic>Research</topic>
    <topic>Methodology</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">H61 .M49264 2013</classification>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9781526401748 (ebook) :</identifier>
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