Handbook of Transdisciplinary Research Gertrude Hirsch Hadorn · Holger Hoffmann-Riem · Susette Biber-Klemm · Walter Grossenbacher-Mansuy · Dominique Joye · Christian Pohl · Urs Wiesmann · Elisabeth Zemp Editors Handbook of Transdisciplinary Research Foreword by Jill Jäger Editors Gertrude Hirsch Hadorn Christian Pohl ETH Zurich Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences Zurich Berne Switzerland Switzerland Holger Hoffmann-Riem and Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences ETH Zurich Berne Zurich Switzerland Switzerland Susette Biber-Klemm Urs Wiesmann University of Basel University of Berne Basel Berne Switzerland Switzerland Walter Grossenbacher-Mansuy Elisabeth Zemp Swiss Science and Technology Council University of Basel Berne Basel Switzerland Switzerland Dominique Joye University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland ISBN: 978-1-4020-6698-6 (hb) e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-6699-3 ISBN: 978-1-4020-6700-6 (pb) Library of Congress Control Number: 2007936990 c 2008 Springer Science + Business Media B.V. No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover Image c 2007 JupiterImages Corporation Printed on acid-free paper. 987654321 springer.com The Handbook of Transdisciplinary Research results from a project of c/o SCNAT Schwarztorstrasse 9 3007 Bern, Switzerland
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