Sustainable development
Source: http://www.thwink.org/sustain/glossary/ThreePillarsOfSustainability.htm
Defining sustainable development
Meeting the needs of today's population without compromising the needs of future generations. Today sustainable development is usually considered to include environmental, social and economic sustainability (see definitions below). If development includes social, economic and environmental aspects then it is considered to be sustainable development.Source: http://greenfieldgeography.wikispaces.com/Sustainability+and+the+environment
Sustainability can be met in three ways: (Twink.org)
- Environmentally
- Economically
- Socially
Environmental Sustainability
Environmental sustainability is the ability of the environment to support a defined level of environmental quality and natural resource extraction rates indefinitely. This is the world's biggest actual problem, though since the consequences of not solving the problem now are delayed, the problem receives too low a priority to solve.
Economic Sustainability
Economic sustainability is the ability of an economy to support a defined level of economic production indefinitely. Since the Great Recession of 2008 this is the world's biggest apparent problem, which endangers progress on the environmental sustainability problem.
Social Sustainability
Social sustainability is the ability of a social system, such as a country, family, or organization, to function at a defined level of social well being and harmony indefinitely. Problems like war, endemic poverty, widespread injustice, and low education rates are symptoms a system is socially unsustainable.
Source: http://www.thwink.org/sustain/glossary/ThreePillarsOfSustainability.htm
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