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7.4 The Role of Transdisciplinary Research in the Field
of Land Use Science—Results from a Comparative
Case Study in Germany
To narrow the aforementioned knowledge gap, I conducted a number of studies
among researchers and actors from practice who address questions concerning
sustainable land management (SLM) and apply TDR in Germany (see Zscheischler
et al. 2014, 2017, 2018; Zscheischler and Rogga 2015). In the following, I synthesise
the results and present some key findings.
7.4.1 Sustainable Land Management Can Be Seen
as a Designated Field for TDR
The results show that SLM is regarded as a designated field for the TDR approach.
This is evidenced by the discussions in the field of land use science (Zscheischler et al.
2014), by a review of the literature (Zscheischler and Rogga 2015), and from ontological analyses of “complex real-world” problems such as the question of “increasing
land use competition” (Zscheischler et al. 2016).
Sustainable land management can be seen as an upcoming conceptual framework
that includes different perspectives on land as an increasingly valuable resource with
regard to global challenges, such as climate change, demographic change, value
change, economic change, and loss of biodiversity. It includes a strong orientation
for action under the normative goal of sustainability, integrating ecological with
economic and societal demands, and in this regard, it integrates knowledge, sectoral
viewpoints and values. As one of the major challenges linked to SLM, a deeper
understanding of human-nature interrelations as well as spatial interdependencies
of land use decisions is mentioned (Zscheischler et al. 2014). Land use and land
use change are driven by actors with diverse interests and demands on different
scales. Thus, SLM faces many challenges with respect to integrating these competing
interests. In addition, the core concept of sustainability is normatively driven, and
values play a guiding role when taking action.
Against this backdrop, TDR poses a rationalisation potential, and it can provide
“socially robust” knowledge to tackle these very complex real-world problems. This
relation between SLM and TDR is also supported by the results of a meta-synthesis.
It can be shown that many case studies that have applied TDR are related to the
“management” of natural resources or land use (Zscheischler and Rogga 2015).
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7.4 The Role of Transdisciplinary Research in the Field
of Land Use Science—Results from a Comparative
Case Study in Germany
To narrow the aforementioned knowledge gap, I conducted a number of studies
among researchers and actors from practice who address questions concerning
sustainable land management (SLM) and apply TDR in Germany (see Zscheischler
et al. 2014, 2017, 2018; Zscheischler and Rogga 2015). In the following, I synthesise
the results and present some key findings.
7.4.1 Sustainable Land Management Can Be Seen
as a Designated Field for TDR
The results show that SLM is regarded as a designated field for the TDR approach.
This is evidenced by the discussions in the field of land use science (Zscheischler et al.
2014), by a review of the literature (Zscheischler and Rogga 2015), and from ontological analyses of “complex real-world” problems such as the question of “increasing
land use competition” (Zscheischler et al. 2016).
Sustainable land management can be seen as an upcoming conceptual framework
that includes different perspectives on land as an increasingly valuable resource with
regard to global challenges, such as climate change, demographic change, value
change, economic change, and loss of biodiversity. It includes a strong orientation
for action under the normative goal of sustainability, integrating ecological with
economic and societal demands, and in this regard, it integrates knowledge, sectoral
viewpoints and values. As one of the major challenges linked to SLM, a deeper
understanding of human-nature interrelations as well as spatial interdependencies
of land use decisions is mentioned (Zscheischler et al. 2014). Land use and land
use change are driven by actors with diverse interests and demands on different
scales. Thus, SLM faces many challenges with respect to integrating these competing
interests. In addition, the core concept of sustainability is normatively driven, and
values play a guiding role when taking action.
Against this backdrop, TDR poses a rationalisation potential, and it can provide
“socially robust” knowledge to tackle these very complex real-world problems. This
relation between SLM and TDR is also supported by the results of a meta-synthesis.
It can be shown that many case studies that have applied TDR are related to the
“management” of natural resources or land use (Zscheischler and Rogga 2015).