Theories of sustainable development [electronic resource] / edited by Judith C. Enders and Moritz Remig.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Theories of sustainable development : an introduction / Judith C. Enders and Moritz Remig -- 2. The discovery of sustainability : the genealogy of a term / Ulrich Grober -- 3. What kind of theory do we need for sustainable development- and how much of it? Some thoughts / Armin Grunwald -- 4. Theory of sustainability? Considerations on a basic understanding of "sustainability science" / Thomas Jahn -- 5. The quality of sustainability science : a philosophical perspective / Rafael Ziegler and Konrad Ott -- 6. Transdisciplinary humanistic sustainability theory : justice, governance, blocks / Felix Ekardt -- 7. Theories of "sustainability" and the sustainability of theories : for alternatives to mainstream, and against simple solutions / Fred Luks -- 8. Sustainability and the challenge of complex systems / Joachim H. Spangenberg -- 9. Sustainable development : a global model- universal and contextual / Jurgen Kopfmuller -- 10. The non-identity problem : an irrefutable argument against representation of future generations? / Jorg Chet Tremmel -- 11. The definition of society's relationship with nature on the basis of reproduction theory : a historical-systematic problem sketch / Michael Weingarten -- 12. The missing aspect of culture in sustainability concepts / Oliver Parodi -- 13. Ten theses on a research agenda for sustainable development / Hans Diefenbacher.

Translated from the German by Phil Hill.