authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/nens19 Sustainable development – historical roots of the concept Jacobus A. Du Pisani Professor of History a a School for Social and Government Studies‚ North-West University‚ Potchefstroom‚ South Africa Version of record first published: 16 Feb 2007. To cite this article: Jacobus A. Du Pisani Professor of History (2006): Sustainable development – historical roots of the concept‚ Environmental Sciences‚ 3:2‚ 83-96 To link
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United Nations Development Programme CASE STUDIES OF S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E LO P M E N T I N P R AC T I C E TRIPLE WINS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT United Nations Development Programme C A S E S T U D I E S O F S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E LO P M E N T I N P R AC T I C E TRIPLE WINS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT United Nations Development Programme June 2012 Copyright © 2012 United Nations Development Programme. All rights reserved. This publication or parts of it may
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(Environmental Management Plan) SD (Sustainable Development) CBA (Cost benefit Analysis) PI (Population Index) SIA (Social Impact Assessment) MCE (Multi Criteria Evaluation) 1 INTRODUCTION Sustainable development has been defined in various terms in South Africa‚ and the most used one is the definition derived from the Bruntland report‚ 1987 and it is also used in the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) 107 of 1998 that states that sustainable development is the integration of social‚ environmental
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INTRODUCTION Sustainable development is about human development where the use of natural resources aim to meet the needs of human beings while simultaneously ensuring that the environment is maintained. These needs must be met for present as well as for future generations. In other words‚ in order for human beings as well as the planet to survive‚ changes has to be made that will maintain the natural resources that is available. There is currently a trade-off between sustainability and economic
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Sustainable Development Submitted by: Alingarog‚ Leslie Camille Bellosillo‚ Anna Bianzon‚ Thereese Ciriaco‚ Pauline Dia‚ Christine 3a7 WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT? Sustainable development has been defined by the World Commission on Environment and Development as the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It is a way of achieving economic development or growth while utilizing just the
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Sustainable Development in South Asia * Sustainable Development (SD) implies economic growth together with the protection of environmental quality‚ each reinforcing the other. Sustainable Development‚ thus‚ is maintaining a balance between the human need to improve lifestyles and feeling of well-being on one hand‚ and preserving natural resources and ecosystems‚ on which we and future generations depend. The main features that all the definitions have are as follows: * A desirable human
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Swedish Business School Informatics‚ Orebro University Sweden Project work thesis Knowledge based sustainable development-case Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan. Spring Semester: 2010 Supervisor: Assistant professor Anders Avdic Author: Liaqut Ali E-mail Address: liaqut.alih091@student.oru.se 1 Acknowledgement I would
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The word ’sustainable’ means maintainable or bearable. Hence sustainable development refers to that development which may be prolonged for a considerable period of time or which may be bearable by the system and the society. It refers to a type of development that meets the needs of the present generation‚ maintains same level of development for a longer period of time‚ conserves the existing resources for the future generation so that same level of development could continue and causes very
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Sustainable Development Sustainable development is defined as ‘the ability to meet our generation’s needs without compromising the needs of future generations‚ it contains two main theories‚ the concept of needs which is based on the idea of providing support to those whom are less fortunate‚ the second theory is called the idea of limitations which is based on the ability to have our technology meet our present needs without harming future generations’. There are many ways you can define sustainable
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people‚ the word sustainable is an adjective that means the activity the word describes can continue forever. For example‚ since biblical days‚ farmers practiced sustainable agriculture by leaving their fields fallow every seventh year. In early America‚ farmers knew that for agriculture to be sustainable‚ the same crop could not be planted in the same field year after year. Sustainable agriculture has always been practiced by successful farmers. Farmers who didn’t practice sustainable agriculture inevitably
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