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Sustainable Development and Economic Growth
1995Since its introduction into mainstream environmental thought via the Brundtland Commission report (Brundtland 1987), the meaning of the term ‘sustainable development’ has seemingly acquired several connotations based on its broad definition. One is that, to many environmentalists, sustainable development is desirable only if it means economic ...
Joel E. Reichart, Patricia H. Werhane
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Economic Growth and Sustainable Development
2012The ongoing climate and resource and financial crises underscore the failure of a prosperity model based on growth and dependency on consumption. No ecological uncoupling of economic growth measured in money is in sight. In an expanding economy, “rebound effects” wipe out advances in dematerialisation or ecologisation as result of growing demand ...
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Defining Sustainable Economic Growth
This chapter aims to unravel the various, and at times contradictory, definitions of sustainable development that have been used over the years. The primary motivating factor for this analysis is that if we, as a society, truly believe that sustainability for current and future generations is indeed a desirable outcome, then it makes sense to ...openaire +1 more source