The paper provides an introduction to the public discourse around the notion of smart healthy inclusive environments. First, the basic ideas are explained and related to citizen participation in the context of implementation of a “society for all ages” concept disseminated by the United...

This article discusses the concept of overpopulation and its practical relevance. Definitions of overpopulation are considered, including approaches centred on sustainability and on average or total welfare. Overpopulation has been linked to the wish for national population policies, which raise...

Most economies in the world have been on a track that was based on an irreversible consumption of natural resources in order to fuel their economic growth. For developing nations, this process has just started. In order to help developing nation to leap-frog into a strategy that is less wasteful...

Unresolved social dilemmas that inhibit pro-social behaviour are at the root of most pressing global environmental issues such as climate change, ecological degradation and water scarcity. Meeting these challenges through purely externally imposed (‘top-down’) solutions can be ineffective or...

This chapter discusses the nature of external capabilities and how they bear upon social policy. Alternative definitions of external capabilities are compared and a simplified version suggested. It is argued that the issues surrounding external capabilities can be resolved only if the capability...

Dieser Beitrag fasst in einem Fazit wichtige Ergebnisse und Schlussfolgerungen der Arbeitsgruppe "Potenziale neuer Mobilitätsformen und -technologien für eine nachhaltige Raumentwicklung" zusammen und gibt einen kurzen Ausblick auf die weitere Entwicklung in diesem Feld. Nach einem Abriss der...

In einer transdisziplinären Fallstudie wird ein bestimmtes Phänomen in seinen sozialen, kulturellen, wirtschaftlichen und ökologischen Zusammenhängen betrachtet. "Transdisziplinär" bedeutet zunächst, dass Personen aus verschiedenen Bereichen - wie Wissenschaft, Verwaltung, Kunst oder...