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THE SUSTAINABILITY OF “SUSTAINABILITY” — A STUDY INTO THE CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE NOTION OF “SUSTAINABILITY” [PDF]

open access: possibleJournal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 2005
The new challenge for organisations is to deal with the complex issue of sustainability. However, the confusion surrounding "sustainability" hinders its implementation. This article formulates a framework consisting of three aspects to analyse the conceptual developments that underlie "sustainability": the artefact ("what"), goal orientation ("relative
NIELS FABER, RENÉ JORNA, JO VAN ENGELEN
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A General Framework for Analyzing Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems

Science, 2009
A major problem worldwide is the potential loss of fisheries, forests, and water resources. Understanding of the processes that lead to improvements in or deterioration of natural resources is limited, because scientific disciplines use different ...
E. Ostrom
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