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ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT
卷 17, 期 -, 页码 48-56出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2015.09.002
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Environmental protection; Sustainable development; Circular economy; Multi-/pluri-/inter-/trans-disciplinary research; Sustainability science
The intermeshing of disciplines from the natural sciences, social sciences, engineering and management has become essential to addressing today's environmental challenges. Yet, this can be a daunting task because experts from different disciplines may conceptualize the problems in very different ways and use vocabularies that may not be well understood by one another. This paper explores three alternative environmental concepts used in transdisciplinary research, and outlines some of the epistemological and practical problems that each one poses. It pays particular attention to the increasingly popular concept of circular economy, and contrasts it with the more commonly-used concepts of environmental sciences and sustainable development. In clarifying the nature, meaning and inter-relationship of these alternative concepts, the paper helps trans-disciplinary researchers to understand the opportunities and challenges associated with each one. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://crealivecornmons.orgiiicensesiby14.0/).
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