Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1080/13504509909470000 |
| Title (Primary) | Defining and achieving sustainable development |
| Author | Klauer, B. |
| Source Titel | International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology |
| Year | 1999 |
| Department | OEKON; OEKUS |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Page From | 114 |
| Page To | 121 |
| Language | englisch |
| Abstract | This paper analyses the fundamental problems of defining and achieving sustainable development. A common core of the various definitions of sustainability circulating is identified. Economic and scientific approaches to operationalize sustainability generally lead to management rules, which — if obeyed — should guarantee sustainability. Since it is not possible to precisely predict the future, this scientific—technical—economic route to sustainability may fail. A second, ethical way, to sustainability which interprets sustainability as an ideal for fair play is introduced. How the two different ways may complement one another with a three-step hierarchy of political goals is elucidated. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=8103 |
| Klauer, B. (1999): Defining and achieving sustainable development Int. J. Sustain. Dev. World Ecol. 6 (2), 114 - 121 10.1080/13504509909470000 |
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