Laes Erik; Meskens Gaston; Ruan Da; Lu Jie; Zhang Guangquan - 2008
This chapter addresses the methodological challenges of developing relevant scientific knowledge for a sustainable … follow the `linear? procedure from empirical knowledge production to policy advice. Instead, they consist of problem …-oriented combinations of explanatory, orientationand action-guiding knowledge. Society and policy makers not only have to be `provided? with …