PART ONE: MEASURING THE IMMEASURABLE? THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Sustainability Research in the Social Sciences - Concepts, Methodologies and the Challenge of Interdisciplinarity - Henrike Rau and Frances Fahy
PART TWO: RESEARCHING LOCAL LIVES: EXPERIENCES OF (UN)SUSTAINABILITY AMONG INDIVIDUALS, HOUSEHOLDS AND COMMUNITIES
Household Analysis: Researching 'Green' Lifestyles, A Survey Approach - Stewart Barr and Jan Prillwitz
Social Groups and Collective Decision-making: Focus Group Approaches - Anna Davies
Local Lives and Conflict: Towards a Methodology of Dialogic Research - Mark Garavan
PART THREE: COMPARATIVE RESEARCH ON THE SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE OF CITIES, REGIONS AND NATION-STATES
Sustainable Development of What? Contesting Global Development Concepts and Measures - Su-ming Khoo
Biophysical Indicators of Society-Nature Interaction: Material and Energy Flow Analysis, Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production and the Ecological Footprint - Veronika Gaube, Helmut Haberl, Karl-Heinz Erb
Mapping for Sustainability: Environmental Noise and the City - Enda Murphy and Eoin A King
PART IV: TIME IN FOCUS
Everyday Life in Transition: Biographical Research and Sustainability - Melanie Jaeger-Erben
Time and Sustainability - Henrike Rau and Ricca Edmondson
PART V: CURRENT DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE TRENDS
Researching Complex Sustainability Issues: Reflections on Current Challenges and Future Developments - Frances Fahy and Henrike Rau
Methods of Sustainability Research in the Social Sciences. ISBN 9781446275269. Published by SAGE in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.