The Sociology of Critical Approaches of Sustainable Development and Sustainable City

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The notions of sustainable development and sustainable city are part of many researchers’ critical work. However this research is often fragmentary and the "sustainable" object is often secondary. Those two aspects can conceal the critical transversalities that lie within the topics of sustainable development and sustainable city. Thus it would be appropriate to adopt a reflexive approach examining the theoretical, empirical and scientific foundations of these terms and the research objectives so many researchers focus on. Consequently, we would like to identify all the scientific disciplines involved in these critiques, depict their potential coherence but also the differences they face regarding the practical, the epistemological, the theoretical or any other aspect of the scientific work. In order to achieve these goals we set out four research axes which are neither exclusive nor exhaustive. They rather represent a framework which might help researchers to situate their approach.

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