The Concept of Sustainable Development The concept of sustainable development is one that arguably is multi-disciplinary, complex, and systematic, yet defining the concept is without a doubt a great task. Sustainable development was a term first coined in 1980, when the intent of the concept was merely basic. It was in the World Conservation Strategy, where sustainable development took on the meaning of ‘conserving the earth’s natural resources. Sustainable development can be defined as ―meeting
Sustainable development can be defined in different ways. One of the ways is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Brutland Report,1987). Sustainable development has become one of the most successful way to be introduced in nowadays or in future. In fact, it formed the worldwide plan and the universal group 's demeanour towards financial, social and natural improvement. Sustainable development including two
Nevertheless, the sustainable development concept has drawbacks. Soppe (2009) points out the sustainable development concept are ambiguous and vague in some points, which makes policymaking more difficult. Furthermore, it emphasizes that environment tends to erode economic growth, where a good environment comes together with economic growth. The two concepts are complements, not substitutes. This thesis studies on DJSI emerging markets index constituents. To construct such index, RobecoSAM are
Goodland, Robert. "The concept of environmental sustainability." Annual review of ecology and systematics, vol. 26, pp. 1-24, 1995. In "The concept of environmental sustainability," Robert Goodland, a co-founder of Chomping Climate Change and the Cary Center for Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York, claims that sustainable development strategy cannot be implemented without noting the development requirements of the three economic, social and environmental aspects (Goodland 4). Goodland proposes
1987, the concept of sustainable development was published in the Brundtland report (United Nations, 1987). According to the Brundland report, the definition of sustainable development was “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (United Nations, 1987). Three major areas of development were economic, social and environment. The balance between these three major areas was important when development. Nowadays,
Sustainable development is a model that aims to link the idea of what is to be sustained, with what is to be developed, and focuses on three pillars, economics, social and environmental (Kates, Parris, and Leiserowitz, 2005; pp. 3). As a holistic approach it seeks to develop the three pillars, on a local, regional and global level. This paper will analyse the concept of sustainable development and the strengths and weaknesses of this approach will be discussed. Firstly, a background of this model
Sustainable development has shifted into a high placed topic on the international agenda during the last few decades. The concept represents the intersection of a need to preserve the nature, on one hand, and the necessity to satisfy in the same time the need for development, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Roots of the sustainable development can be found in the environmental concerns from the immediate years after the World War II, even there were
Sustainability can be defined as ‘the ability to be maintained for a long term’. It could be defined as ‘durable’, ‘systematic’ and ‘sound’. A sustainable development is often defined as a durable development. But how is sustainable development has been redefined by architects and designers today. Now, the concept of sustainability has been defined as a systematic, long term approach to allow the progress of humanity economically and socially without environmental impacts which was expressed by Filho
discusses key concepts and terminologies that relevant to the study. It has been discussed in themes which also reflect the study objectives. The chapter reviews both theoretical and empirical literature. Theoretical literature reviews the definitions of key concepts such as sustainability and its participation. The empirical literature reviews previous studies that are more related to the present research. 2.1 The concept of sustainability UN’s definition of sustainable development as captured in
there is the call to adopt the practice of sustainability and sustainable development. Engineers play a vital role in sustainable development because of their role in society. Engineers build, they produce and restore. Sustainability affects the way in which engineering must be practised in the future because they must now employ new methods and designs to promote sustainable development. Engineers are important in sustainable development because they have the ability to reduce the energy shortage