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On knowledge generation and use for sustainability

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  • Junguo Liu

    (Southern University of Science and Technology
    Southern University of Science and Technology)

  • Kamaljit S. Bawa

    (University of Massachusetts
    Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE))

  • Thomas P. Seager

    (Arizona State University)

  • Ganquan Mao

    (Southern University of Science and Technology
    Southern University of Science and Technology)

  • Ding Ding

    (the University of Sydney)

  • Janice Ser Huay Lee

    (Nanyang Technological University)

  • Janet K. Swim

    (The Pennsylvania State University)

Abstract

In order to address sustainability challenges, we posit that knowledge generation needs to move rapidly from a disciplinary linear ‘tree’ model to an interdisciplinary ‘web’ model. We show how such a shift is useful by looking at case studies in the context of water management.

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  • Junguo Liu & Kamaljit S. Bawa & Thomas P. Seager & Ganquan Mao & Ding Ding & Janice Ser Huay Lee & Janet K. Swim, 2019. "On knowledge generation and use for sustainability," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 2(2), pages 80-82, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:2:y:2019:i:2:d:10.1038_s41893-019-0229-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-019-0229-y
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    1. Walter Leal Filho & João Henrique Paulino Pires Eustachio & Adriana Cristina Ferreira Caldana & Markus Will & Amanda Lange Salvia & Izabela S. Rampasso & Rosley Anholon & Johannes Platje & Marina Kova, 2020. "Sustainability Leadership in Higher Education Institutions: An Overview of Challenges," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-19, May.
    2. Junguo Liu & Delong Li & He Chen & Hong Wang & Yoshihide Wada & Matti Kummu & Simon Newland Gosling & Hong Yang & Yadu Pokhrel & Philippe Ciais, 2024. "Timing the first emergence and disappearance of global water scarcity," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.

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