Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Contributors
• 1: Introduction
• 2: Why do we need a sociology of society’s natural relations to inform sustainable development?
• 3: Integration science for impact: fostering transformations towards sustainability
• 4: Integrating development studies and social-ecological systems thinking: towards livelihood adaptation pathways
• 5: Remote, marginal and sustainable? The key role of brokers and bridging institutions for stronger Indigenous livelihoods in Australia’s deserts
• 6: Sustainability science, place and regional differences: vulnerability and adaptive capacity in Sydney
• 7: A ‘hierarchy of needs’ for achieving impact in international Research for Development
• 8: The co-construction of environmental (instream) flows and associated cultural ecosystem services
• 9: Dipping in the well: how behaviours and attitudes influence urban water security
• 10: Making sense of Australians’ responses to climate change: insights from a series of five national surveysl
• 11: Innovation, sustainability and the promise of inclusion
• 12: Risk, sustainability and time: sociological perspectives
• 13: Policy-relevant research: improving the value and impact of the social sciences
• Index

About the Author

Heinz Schandl has a PhD in sociology. He is a senior scientist at CSIRO in Canberra, honorary professor at the ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society and adjunct professor at Nagoya University in Japan. He is a member of the UNEP International Resource Panel. His research connects social theory, social metabolism and environment and sustainability policy.

Iain Walker is a social psychologist and Professor of Psychology at the University of Canberra. He was formerly a senior principal research scientist at CSIRO and Research Program Leader of the Social and Economic Sciences Program.