Limits To Growth And The Message For Sustainable Development

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.A. Nalder
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Limits To Growth

Approaches for Measuring Sustainability

2013 ◽  
pp. 158-184
Author(s):  
Evangelos Grigoroudis ◽  
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou ◽  
Yannis A. Phillis
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Soil Formation ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Measuring Technique ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Limits To Growth

The environment provides the economy with resources (e.g., water, air, fuels, food, metals, minerals, and drugs), services (e.g., the cycles of H2O, C, CO2, N, O2; photosynthesis, and soil formation), and mechanisms to absorb waste. Economic growth is based on these three services, and since the global ecosystem does not grow, economic growth cannot continue indefinitely. The concepts of sustainability and sustainable development have received much attention among policy-makers and scientists as a result of the existence of limits to growth and the dramatic environmental changes of the last decades. Sustainability integrates environmental, economic, and societal aspects. It also covers different geographical scales: ecosystems, regions, countries, and the globe. In this chapter, the authors review various models of sustainability assessment. Since there is no universally accepted definition and measuring technique of sustainability, these different models lead to different assessments. They also present a discussion of the sustainability indicators, aggregation tools, and data imputation techniques used in each approach.

scholarly journals The use of the Environmental Kuznets Curve in the Management of Sustainable Development

Ekonomika ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remigijus Čiegis
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Kuznets Curve ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Kuznets Curve ◽  
Sustainability Management ◽  
Limits To Growth ◽  
Environmental Kuznets Curves ◽  
Relationship Of

he relationship of economic growth and environmental impact has spurred fierce debates between growth optimists referring to the phenomenon of the environmental Kuznets curve, and pessimists referring to the limits to growth. The article draws some hints from a critical assessment of the literature on the environmental Kuznets curve. In particular, it is argued that the optimistic implications of this literature on the sustainability management are ungranted. However, analysis of environmental Kuznets curves allows a clarification of the few basic conditions for the management of sustainable development, including the sustainability of globalisation. These conditions can be met by implementing a systematic policy strategy aimed at shifting the Kuznets relations downward.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF CLUB OF ROME IN FORMING THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Class Discussion ◽  
Limits To Growth ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Problems ◽  
The Future ◽  
Club Of Rome

Global problems and crises are the actual reality of our time. Their prevention, solution and reduction of their impact concerns not only the existing generation, but also the future one, due to the fact that everyone should have equal opportunities and rights to access resources. Considering the pace of development of various spheres, we see that humanity tends to deplete resources, so the idea arose to solve these problems by coordinated actions of the global community. These ideas underlie the Concept of Sustainable Development, which today is supported and implemented, especially by many states of the world. But these ideas developed even before the concept was created, in particular, within the framework of the activities of the Club of Rome. The purpose of this article is to reveal how the activities of the Club of Rome influenced the process of formation and development of the concept of sustainable development. Аor this, the methods of theoretical generalization, analysis and synthesis of information were used. The activities of the Club of Rome began thanks to Aurelio Peccei (author of «Human Qualities»), who created a non-governmental organization that became world famous for a series of reports on the pressing and global problems of humankind. In particular, the 1972 study «The Limits to Growth» by D. and D. Meadows, who described models of the world in the future and a number of recommendations on how to avoid a catastrophic development of events. The publication had great resonance and was heavily criticized, but started a world-class discussion. In particular, the Club of Rome was involved in the discussion at the UN. So, the active work of the non-governmental organization Club of Rome not only started discussions about the global crisis, but also provided a solid theoretical and empirical basis for the development of the Concept of sustainable development. Club members took an active part in the development of sustainable development at a more local level in their regions. Thus, the organization has achieved its primary goal — to attract attention to the global problems and create an action plan to resolve them.

scholarly journals CHINA ATTEMPTS TO OVERCOME THE LIMITS OF GROWTH

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 88-93
Author(s):  
Yongyou Nie ◽  
Daria Fedorova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Soil Pollution ◽  
Green Technologies ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Limits To Growth ◽  
Water And Soil Pollution

The article analyzes the concept of “the limits to growth”, examines the main reasons for the slowdown in China's economic development in recent years. Special attention is paid to the problems of environmental pollution and lack of resources. Among the problems concerning environmental pollution there are both domestic problems such as air, water and soil pollution, and problems of an international scale. With regard to the problem of lack of resources, special attention is paid to China's dependence on imports of resources, which causes security problems due to the large number of exporting countries. Besides, the article describes the steps that China is taking to move to a new model of economic growth, in terms of institutional reforms, resource management and innovation in the field of green technologies, by taking the path of “green” sustainable development.

Approaches for Measuring Sustainability

2012 ◽  
pp. 101-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evangelos Grigoroudis ◽  
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou ◽  
Yannis A. Phillis
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Soil Formation ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Measuring Technique ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Limits To Growth

The environment provides the economy with resources (e.g., water, air, fuels, food, metals, minerals, and drugs), services (e.g., the cycles of H2O, C, CO2, N, O2; photosynthesis, and soil formation), and mechanisms to absorb waste. Economic growth is based on these three services, and since the global ecosystem does not grow, economic growth cannot continue indefinitely. The concepts of sustainability and sustainable development have received much attention among policy-makers and scientists as a result of the existence of limits to growth and the dramatic environmental changes of the last decades. Sustainability integrates environmental, economic, and societal aspects. It also covers different geographical scales: ecosystems, regions, countries, and the globe. In this chapter, the authors review various models of sustainability assessment. Since there is no universally accepted definition and measuring technique of sustainability, these different models lead to different assessments. They also present a discussion of the sustainability indicators, aggregation tools, and data imputation techniques used in each approach.

6. Sustainable development

2018 ◽  
pp. 103-111
Author(s):  
Ian Goldin
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Limits To Growth ◽  
The World ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Growth Prospects ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
Natural Resource Base ◽  
Brundtland Report

The environment and development are intimately related yet this relationship has only recently come to the centre of development concerns. The 1987 Brundtland Report from the World Commission for the Environment and Development recognized that while economic growth has contributed to improved living standards and life expectancy, it has adversely affected the environment by depleting (or irreversibly damaging) the natural resource base, which in the longer term undermines future growth prospects and living standards. ‘Sustainable development’ considers the limits to growth and our planetary boundaries, concluding that given the scale and urgency of the need for new ideas, technologies, and finance to address the needs of sustainable development, much greater investment in environmental awareness and protection is required.

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