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Environmental Sociology

35 methods
34 method families

MOST CONNECTED IN ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY

Social Metabolism Analysis
8 connections in this field
Ecological Footprint Analysis
7 connections in this field
Environmental Commodity Chain Analysis
7 connections in this field
Livelihood Vulnerability Index
6 connections in this field
New Ecological Paradigm Scale (NEP)
6 connections in this field
Chain of Explanation
5 connections in this field
Climate Vulnerability Index
5 connections in this field
IPAT Decomposition
5 connections in this field
Land-Change Driver Analysis
5 connections in this field
STIRPAT Model
5 connections in this field

Showing 35 of 35 methods

Environmental behavior theory2 methods
Attitude-Behavior-Context Model (ABC)Value-Belief-Norm Model (VBN)
Climate adaptation / vulnerability assessment1 method
Adaptive Capacity Assessment
Commons governance / institutional diagnostics1 method
CPR Design-Principle Diagnostics
Community-based participatory research1 method
Environmental Photovoice
Coupled human and natural systems / land system science1 method
Telecoupling Analysis
Cultural sociology of risk1 method
Cultural Theory of Risk (Grid-Group Worldview Measurement)
Energy behaviour / sustainability transitions1 method
Energy Cultures Framework
Environmental accounting / sustainability indicators1 method
Ecological Footprint Analysis
Environmental attitudes / worldview measurement1 method
New Ecological Paradigm Scale (NEP)
Environmental economics / environmental sociology1 method
Environmental Kuznets Curve Estimation
Environmental footprint / resource accounting1 method
Water Footprint Analysis
Environmental indicators / sustainability accounting1 method
Tapio Decoupling Analysis
Environmental justice / industrial pollution1 method
Toxic Release Inventory Analysis
Environmental justice / spatial analysis1 method
Environmental Justice Spatial Analysis
Environmental justice screening / composite indicators1 method
EJ Screening Index (EJScreen-Style)
Environmental policy discourse analysis1 method
Discourse Coalition Analysis
Environmental sociology / human ecology1 method
STIRPAT Model
Environmental sociology / political economy of the environment1 method
Treadmill of Production Analysis
Foresight / expert judgment1 method
Delphi Environmental Foresight
Foresight / futures studies1 method
Participatory Scenario Planning
Global commodity / value chains; ecological distribution1 method
Environmental Commodity Chain Analysis
Human ecology / environmental accounting framework1 method
IPAT Decomposition
Institutional analysis / governance1 method
IAD Framework
Land-change science / land system science1 method
Land-Change Driver Analysis
Marxian environmental sociology1 method
Metabolic Rift Analysis
Political ecology / human ecology1 method
Chain of Explanation
Risk perception / environmental psychology1 method
Risk Perception Survey (Psychometric Paradigm)
Social ecology / industrial ecology1 method
Social Metabolism Analysis
Social-ecological systems / sustainability science1 method
SES Framework
Sociology of consumption / energy and sustainability1 method
Social Practice Theory Analysis
Subjectivity / discourse research1 method
Q-Methodology for Environmental Discourses
Sustainability assessment / life-cycle methods1 method
Social Life Cycle Assessment
Vulnerability assessment / composite indicators1 method
Climate Vulnerability Index
Vulnerability assessment / composite indices1 method
Livelihood Vulnerability Index

FIELD AT A GLANCE

Methods35
Method families34
Connected methods10+

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