Environmental knowing and action

Susan Coldicutt
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Susan Coldicutt: The University of Adelaide

Environment Systems and Decisions, 1999, vol. 18, issue 4, 251-261

Abstract: Abstract Environmental knowing includes the very many bodies of formal theory which have some relevance to the environment, as well as the ‘knowing’ which comes from experience in the environment. This knowing can be seen as informing action both conceptually and instrumentally. This paper presents a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach which can inter-relate these many ‘knowings’ in a way which is relevant to and contingent on definition of particular environmental problems. This problem-focused approach involves application of a set of questions which are implied by a taxonomy of ignorance. The paper shows how the approach can inter-relate knowings as diverse as Taoism and energy-efficiency standards, with the purpose of informating environmental action.

Keywords: Environmental Management; Nature Conservation; Environmental Problem; Formal Theory; Environmental Action (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1023/A:1006545522339

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