持続可能性に取り組むための新しいビジョン
A J McMichael1, C D Butler, Carl Folke
1National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. tony.mcmichael@anu.edu.au
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|December 13, 2003
まとめ
持続可能性を達成するには,現在のアプローチはしばしば環境上の懸念を隔離しているため,学際的な協力が必要です. より統合的かつ協調的な戦略は,地球規模の持続可能な開発にとって不可欠である.
科学分野:
- 環境科学 環境科学
- 持続可能性研究 持続可能性研究
- インターディシplinaリサーチ
背景:
- 持続可能性の達成には,多様な科学分野における統合的な努力が必要である.
- 多くの学科は,環境問題をまだその核心論述に完全に組み込んでいません.
- ミレニアム開発目標のような現在の枠組みでは,環境の持続可能性と社会的,経済的目標がしばしば分離されています.
研究 の 目的:
- 持続可能性を達成するために,インタラクティブで学際的な関与の必要性を強調する.
- 環境的,社会的,経済的課題に対して,より協調的で統合されたアプローチを提唱する.
主な方法:
- 環境問題に対する現在の規律的関与の分析.
- 国際的な持続可能性の枠組みと目標設定プロセスのレビュー.
- インターディシピナリと協調的なアプローチの概念的探求.
主要な成果:
- 持続可能性の大きな障害は,科学分野間の対話的関与の欠如である.
- 大規模なイニシアチブにおける環境目標と社会・経済目標の分離は,進歩を妨げています.
- 持続可能性に対する統一的かつ協調的なアプローチが緊急に必要である.
結論:
- 効果的な持続可能性戦略には,学際的な対話と統合が不可欠です.
- 環境,社会,経済を結びつける協調的なアプローチは,将来の発展に不可欠です.
- 規律的なサイロを克服することは,複雑なグローバルな課題に取り組むための鍵です.
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