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Policy Relevant Sustainability Research

Requirements Profiles for Research Funding Agencies, Researchers and Policymakers Regarding Improving and Ensuring Quality of Research - A Guide


“Sustainability Research” or “Sustainability Science” has become a common term, one found in the names of research programs, research institutions and specialist journals. But just like the term “sustainability” itself, “sustainability research” is not clearly defined. One finds included under it activities as diverse as, among others, investigating arctic ice cores for understanding climate change and devising concepts for sustainable municipal public transportation and traffic systems.

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Number of pages
30
Year of publication
December 2012
Author(s)
Thomas Jahn, Florian Keil, Ulrich Petschow, Klaus Jacob
Language
English
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Deutsch
Project No. (FKZ)
3711 11 701
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Umweltbundesamt
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5661 KB
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 sustainability policy  quality assurance  basic research

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