Concept that development should produce sustainable economic growth, while ensuring that future generations keep the same abilities. Strongly related to sustainable resource management and environmental protection.
Sustainable Development proponents argue that it is development with the goal to produce sustainable economic growth, while ensuring that future generations keep the same abilities. Sustainable development is strongly related to sustainable resource management, environmental protection, and social development (e.g. human rights and gender equality).
Opponents argue that economic development is naturally sustainable in that resources that become scarcer become more expensive. As such, there is no need for a separate sustainable development.
Tag usage:
Use this tag for questions about the politics of sustainability and sustainable development. For questions that are primarily about sustainability and less so about politics please use Sustainability SE.
Resources:
- Sustainable Development article on Wikipedia
- UN Sustainable Development Goals
- 10 principles of the UN Global Compact program (to aid policy-making for businesses and cities)
