Due to its scope and nature, sustainable development is a matter which is very
interdisciplinary, and draws from knowledge and inputs from the social sciences
and environmental sciences on the one hand, but also from physical sciences and
arts on the other. As such, there is a perceived need to foster integrative approaches,
whereby the combination of inputs from various fields may contribute to a better
understanding of what sustainability is, and means to people. But despite the need
for and the relevance of integrative approaches towards sustainable development,
there is a paucity of literature which address matters related to sustainability in an
integrated way.
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