An environmental or a socio-environmental issue? The nature of the society-environment relationship

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https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v18i0.13427

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socio-environmental issue, sustainability, interdisciplinarity, paradigm, problemática socioambiental, sustentabilidade, interdisciplinaridade, paradigma

Abstract

The socio-environmental debate postulates a paradigm shift that is sustained by a kind of rationalitythat serves as an alternative to the big conflicts of modern society. These conflicts have to do with thedifficult relationship between economic development and environmental preservation. The paradigmshift consists in including socio-environmental sustainability as a pre-requisite for development. Thesocio-environmental debate also postulates another epistemological approach through a systemic visionand inter- and trans-disciplinary action, propped up by moral and ethical change. The purpose ofthis paper is to discuss these change postulates, while undoing the dichotomy between ecological and social systems.

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Valdir Fernandes, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

Cientista Social, Mestre e Doutor em Engenharia Ambiental pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC); Professor Titular-Livre da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR)

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2008-12-18

How to Cite

Fernandes, V., & Sampaio, C. A. C. (2008). An environmental or a socio-environmental issue? The nature of the society-environment relationship. Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 18. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v18i0.13427

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Vol. 18 (2008): Ways of Relating to Nature: Socio-Environmental Complexities

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