Handbook of Sustainability and Social Science Research

Part I. Exploring the Connections: Sustainability and Social Science Research

1. Interplays of Sustainability, Resilience, Adaptation and Transformation
Jennifer L. Johnson, Laura Zanotti, Zhao Ma, David J. Yu, David R. Johnson, Alison Kirkham, Courtney Carothers

2. Using Meta-Analysis in the Social Sciences to Improve Environmental Policy
Alexander Maki, Mark A. Cohen, Michael P. Vandenbergh

3. Integrating Social Science Research to Advance Sustainability Education
Christine Jie Li, Martha C. Monroe, Tracey Ritchie

4. Inclusive Sustainability: Environmental Justice in Higher Education
Flora Lu, Rebecca Hernandez Rosser, Adriana Renteria, Nancy Kim, Elida Erickson, Anna Sher, Lisa O’Connor

5. Connective Methodologies: Visual Communication Design and Sustainability in Higher Education
Denielle Emans, Kelly M. Murdoch-Kitt

6. The Teaching Green Building: Five Theoretical Perspectives
Laura B. Cole

7. Blockchain for Good? Digital Ledger Technology and Sustainable Development Goals
Richard Adams, Beth Kewell, Glenn Parry

Part II. Research and Behavioral Interventions

8. Psychological Distance and Response to Human Versus Non-Human Victims of Climate Change
Christie Manning, Hannah Mangas, Elise Amel, Hongyi Tang, Laura Humes, Rowena Foo, Vera Sidlova, Kelly Cargos

9. Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Action in Residential Graywater Recycling
L. Bell

10. Organizational Characteristics in Residential Rental Buildings: Exploring the Role of Centralization in Energy Outcomes
Elizabeth Hewitt

11. Re-shuffling the Deck on Environmental Sustainability: Using a Card Sort to Uncover Perceived Behavioral Categories, Effort, and Impact in a College Environment
Casey G. Franklin, Abram Alebiosu

12. Wind Energy and Rural Community Sustainability
Sarah Mills

13. Achieving a Climate-Neutral Campus: A Psychological Analysis of the Participation Process with the Stage Model of Participation
Stefan Zimmermann, Thomas Bäumer, Patrick Müller

14. Sustainability and Civic Engagement: A Communications Engagement and Education Plan
Madhavi Venkatesan, Jordan Remy, Andrew Sukeforth

15. A Sustainable Touristic Place in Times of Crisis? The Case of Empuriabrava—A Superdiverse Mediterranean Resort
Dawid Wladyka, Ricard Morén-Alegret

16. Social Justice and Sustainability Efforts in the U.S.-Mexico Transborder Region
Sylvia Gonzalez-Gorman

17. Envisioning and Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Systems in the U.S. South
John Schelhas, Sarah Hitchner, J. Peter Brosius

18. Living Well and Living Green: Participant Conceptualizations of Green Citizenship
Erin Miller Hamilton, Meaghan L. Guckian, Raymond De Young

Part III. Methods and Evaluation Strategies

19. Cognitive Mapping as Participatory Engagement in Social Science Research on Sustainability
Meaghan L. Guckian, Erin Miller Hamilton, Raymond Young

20. The Impact of Status and Brainstorming in Participation in Small Group Deliberations
Sandra Rodegher

21. Promoting Participation in a Culture of Sustainability Web Survey
Heather M. Schroeder, Andrew L. Hupp, Andrew D. Piskorowski

22. Use of Email Paradata in a Survey of Sustainability Culture
Andrew L. Hupp, Heather M. Schroeder, Andrew D. Piskorowski

23. Innovative Instructional Module Uses Evaluation to Enhance Quality
Martha C. Monroe, Annie Oxarart, Tracey Ritchie, Christine Jie Li

24. From Sustainable Cities to Sustainable People—Changing Behavior Towards Sustainability with the Five A Planning Approach
Petra Stieninger Hurtado

25. Sustainability Knowledge and Attitudes—Assessing Latent Constructs
Adam Zwickle, Keith Jones

26. Sustainability Literacy and Cultural Assessments
John Callewaert

27. A Conceptual Framework for Designing, Embedding and Monitoring a University Sustainability Culture
Richard Adams, Stephen Martin, Katy Boom

Keywords: Environment, Sustainable Development, Social Sciences, general, Development and Sustainability, Sustainability Management