On knowledge generation and use for sustainability

Junguo Liu (), Kamaljit S. Bawa, Thomas P. Seager, Ganquan Mao, Ding Ding, Janice Ser Huay Lee and Janet K. Swim
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Junguo Liu: Southern University of Science and Technology
Kamaljit S. Bawa: University of Massachusetts
Thomas P. Seager: Arizona State University
Ganquan Mao: 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

Nature Sustainability, 2019, vol. 2, issue 2, 80-82

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.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1038/s41893-019-0229-y

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