Jerry Ravetz
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 876079 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Jerry Ravetz |
| NOMBRES | Jerry |
| APELLIDO | Ravetz |
| FIRMA | RAVETZ J |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4288-2200 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 37 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 195 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 37 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1976 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Nature-centric housing
The UK Government plans to enable construction of 1.5 million homes in the next five years in one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world, enabled by a Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Ministers assert this will be a ‘win-win’ for housing and nature, but major wildlife organisations reject this claim based on the prospect of weaker nature protections. To test if better ‘win-wins’ were available, we held a workshop in June 2025 with ac…
Knowledge, power, and participation in the post-normal age
Zia and Me
First I review my long and fruitful association with Zia, starting with our meeting at the Council for Science and Society. We met over the years in a variety of places, and he was essential in the promotion of Post Normal Science. He also helped in the publication of my various books. I see his Post Normal Times as a natural outgrowth of the cautiously radical message of Post Normal Science. This offers a essential complementary vision, especial…
Re-imagining the future
In this editorial we explore how the concept of the city region has evolved and what questions this raises for the role of urban futures, including visioning and foresight. The editorial and special issue highlight the importance of foresight techniques in city-region visioning, how power relations are shaped and transformed by these processes, and how important it is to link city-regional foresight with transitions theory and urban innovation, a…
Narrative futures of a low carbon transition for hydrocarbon rentier states
The beginning of the post-fossil fuel era is evident in trends such as fossil fuel divestment, cheaper alternative energy sources, and disruptive technologies that are enabling responsive and reliable alternative energy systems. In this global low-carbon transition, states (countries) that are dependent on hydrocarbon revenues confront an uncertain future, requiring urgent actions to reduce their economic and societal dependence on hydrocarbon re…
Science – Post-normal perspectives
The new normative
Carbon-neutral targets are a ‘new normative’ for cities and regions around the world. Such targets call for rapid system transformations, beyond the normal remit of urban-regional planning. In response, we propose a framework of theory and practice, in three parts: ‘trading zone’ concepts for collaborative planning; ‘scenario back-casting’ for longer horizons; and ‘synergistic thinking’ for systems transformation. We demonstrate this with the car…
We need to talk (more wisely) about wisdom
Seeing the wood for the trees
Social Science is increasingly called on to address “grand challenges”, “wicked problems”, “societal dilemmas” and similar problematiques. Examples include climate change, the war on drugs and urban poverty. It is now widely agreed that the disciplinary structure of academic science, with its journals, curricula, peer communities, etc., is not well suited to such trans-disciplinary, ill-bounded, controversial issues, but the ways forward are not …
Dealing with Sustainability Trade-Offs of the Compact City in Peri-Urban Planning Across European City Regions
The compact city has become a leading concept in the planning of peri-urban areas. The compact city concept is often advocated as “sustainable” because of claims that include lower emissions and conservation of the countryside. The literature shows, however, that there are certain trade-offs in striving for compaction, especially between environmental and social aspects of sustainability. In this article, we describe expressions of the compact ci…
Qualité de la connaissance dans un processus délibératif
Les évaluations scientifiques des risques complexes tels que le changement de climat, la perte de biodiversité, l'épuisement des ressources naturelles, les nanotechnologies ou les perturbateurs endocriniens, par exemple, sont confrontées à un certain nombre d¿incertitudes qui revêtent des formes diverses, dicilement appréhendables, de manière ecace, dans la pratique (Ambrosi et Courtois,2004). Pourtant, des décisions doivent être prises et ce, av…
Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Measures of Uncertainty in Model‐Based Environmental Assessment
This article discusses recent experiences with the Numeral Unit Spread Assessment Pedigree (NUSAP) system for multidimensional uncertainty assessment, based on four case studies that vary in complexity. We show that the NUSAP method is applicable not only to relatively simple calculation schemes but also to complex models in a meaningful way and that NUSAP is useful to assess not only parameter uncertainty but also (model) assumptions. A diagnost…
Managing the Flow of Construction Minerals in the North West Region of England
This article, focusing on the flow of bulk construction minerals, establishes a mass balance framework for the North West of England, a region that imports more aggregate material than any other in the United Kingdom. The problems associated with construction minerals are of a different nature than most other resource flow issues: Depletion of resources and contamination are not considered major problems; rather it is the environmental impact res…
Bulk mineral flows and the sustainable development of the North West of England
Although industrial economies depend on natural resources to fulfil fundamental societal needs and to improve quality of life, increasing exploitation of these resources is exerting increasing pressure on our planet's ecological integrity. This paper, focusing on construction minerals, establishes a mass balance framework for the chosen case study – the North West of England – and uses the results to examine the implications for the sustainabilit…
The post-normal science of precaution
Beyond Left and Right
A paradoxical future for safety in the global knowledge economy
The challenge beyond orthodox science
Toolkits for regional sustainable development
Science and Policy in International Environmental Agreements
The Governance and Science group
Science for the Twenty-First Century
(www.unesco.org/issj) The article addresses the need, posed by the challenges of sustainable development and the changing context at the
Integrated assessment for sustainability appraisal in cities and regions
Fault-lines of globalised civilisation
The future politics of science
The post-normal science of precaution
Ciência pós-normal e comunidades ampliadas de pares face aos desafios ambientais
Os novos problemas relacionados a riscos e ao meio ambiente têm aspectos comuns que os distinguem dos problemas científicos tradicionais: os fatos são incertos, os valores, controvertidos, as apostas, elevadas e as decisões, urgentes. Chamamos de ciência pós-normal a estratégia de resolução de problemas adequada a esse contexto. A função essencial de controle de qualidade e avaliação crítica não pode mais ser desempenhada por um corpo restrito de…
Integrated assessment for sustainability appraisal in cities and regions
Science for the Twenty-First Century
(www.unesco.org/issj) The article addresses the need, posed by the challenges of sustainable development and the changing context at the
The new normative
Carbon-neutral targets are a ‘new normative’ for cities and regions around the world. Such targets call for rapid system transformations, beyond the normal remit of urban-regional planning. In response, we propose a framework of theory and practice, in three parts: ‘trading zone’ concepts for collaborative planning; ‘scenario back-casting’ for longer horizons; and ‘synergistic thinking’ for systems transformation. We demonstrate this with the car…
We need to talk (more wisely) about wisdom
Re-imagining the future
In this editorial we explore how the concept of the city region has evolved and what questions this raises for the role of urban futures, including visioning and foresight. The editorial and special issue highlight the importance of foresight techniques in city-region visioning, how power relations are shaped and transformed by these processes, and how important it is to link city-regional foresight with transitions theory and urban innovation, a…
A paradoxical future for safety in the global knowledge economy
Science – Post-normal perspectives
Science and Policy in International Environmental Agreements
Seeing the wood for the trees
Social Science is increasingly called on to address “grand challenges”, “wicked problems”, “societal dilemmas” and similar problematiques. Examples include climate change, the war on drugs and urban poverty. It is now widely agreed that the disciplinary structure of academic science, with its journals, curricula, peer communities, etc., is not well suited to such trans-disciplinary, ill-bounded, controversial issues, but the ways forward are not …
Experiencing the future
Commentary
Fault-lines of globalised civilisation
Procedural leadership in climate policy
The challenge beyond orthodox science
Beyond Left and Right
The future politics of science
Divided we stand
The Radicalisation of Science
The contemporary world projects a perplexing picture of political, social and economic upheaval. In these challenging times the conventional wisdoms of orthodox social thought whether it be sociology, economics or cultural studies become inadequate. This series focuses on this intellectual crisis, selecting authors whose work seeks to transcend the limitations of conventional discourse. Its tone is scholarly rather than polemical, in the belief t…
A New Social Contract for Science
Divided we stand
It will nearly always be thus
Procedural leadership in climate policy
Ciência pós-normal e comunidades ampliadas de pares face aos desafios ambientais
Os novos problemas relacionados a riscos e ao meio ambiente têm aspectos comuns que os distinguem dos problemas científicos tradicionais: os fatos são incertos, os valores, controvertidos, as apostas, elevadas e as decisões, urgentes. Chamamos de ciência pós-normal a estratégia de resolução de problemas adequada a esse contexto. A função essencial de controle de qualidade e avaliação crítica não pode mais ser desempenhada por um corpo restrito de…
Integrated assessment models—from global to local
This illustrated commentary looks at two very different types of integrated assessment models in context. On one hand the current generation of integrated climate models has achieved a significant role in environmental policy. On the other, integrated models for urban and regional systems have declined in their relevance for the policy process. However, the global models should be closely linked to urban models, which provide a very significant p…
Commentary
Maturing of Science at the Millennium
Less than the Sum of Its Parts
I have an embarrassment of choice in my approach to the review of this impressive volume.1 I can consider it as an example of the contemporary historiography of science (drawing on my earlier experience in that field). Or I can review it in relation to the concerns of the readers of this journal. Or finally, I can ask about its contribution to 'the public understanding of science'. Perhaps I will try all three in succession. My title expresses my…
Experiencing the future
Integrated assessment for sustainability appraisal in cities and regions
Fault-lines of globalised civilisation
The future politics of science
How I got Y2K wrong
Toolkits for regional sustainable development
Science and Policy in International Environmental Agreements
The Governance and Science group
Science for the Twenty-First Century
(www.unesco.org/issj) The article addresses the need, posed by the challenges of sustainable development and the changing context at the
The challenge beyond orthodox science
A paradoxical future for safety in the global knowledge economy
Managing the Flow of Construction Minerals in the North West Region of England
This article, focusing on the flow of bulk construction minerals, establishes a mass balance framework for the North West of England, a region that imports more aggregate material than any other in the United Kingdom. The problems associated with construction minerals are of a different nature than most other resource flow issues: Depletion of resources and contamination are not considered major problems; rather it is the environmental impact res…
Bulk mineral flows and the sustainable development of the North West of England
Although industrial economies depend on natural resources to fulfil fundamental societal needs and to improve quality of life, increasing exploitation of these resources is exerting increasing pressure on our planet's ecological integrity. This paper, focusing on construction minerals, establishes a mass balance framework for the chosen case study – the North West of England – and uses the results to examine the implications for the sustainabilit…
The post-normal science of precaution
Beyond Left and Right
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