Abstract
The authors give an overview of how research carried out through Maine’s Sustainabilty Solutions Initiative (SSI) improves traditional models of science by providing a fuller picture of the interaction between social and ecological systems. They provide examples of university-community research partnerships, where there is a continuous communication and feedback process that identifies problems and develops projects with a solutions-oriented focus. SSI projects, they argue, “focus on issues that may make lasting improvements to Maine’s quality of place.”
First page
22
Last page
29
DOI
https://doi.org/10.53558/VGRB1496
Recommended Citation
Hall, Damon, Linda Silka, and Laura Lindenfeld. "Advancing Science and Improving Quality of Place: Linking Knowledge with Action in Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative." Maine Policy Review 21.1 (2012) : 22 -29, https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/vol21/iss1/6.
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