 | James Dooge, Maureen Brennan - 1992 - 346 pages
...Matthews, 1986; North, 1990). The concept of sustainable development, according the Report, implies limits "imposed by the present state of technology and social...ability of the biosphere to absorb the effects of human activities" (WCED, p. 8). The Report further stresses that a new era of economic sustainable development... | |
 | Subrata Roy Chowdhury, Erik M. G. Denters, Paul J. I. M. de Waart - 1992 - 450 pages
...future generations to meet their own needs'.3 Key elements implicit in the concept are spelt out thus:4 the concept of sustainable development does imply...imposed by the present state of technology and social organizations and environmental resources and by the ability of the biosphere to absolve the effect... | |
 | Garrett Hardin - 1995 - 350 pages
...the problem of pollution without real growth. John B. Connally, US Secretary of the Treasury, 1972. The concept of sustainable development does imply...ability of the biosphere to absorb the effects of human activities. But technology and social organization can be both managed and improved to make way for... | |
 | Wolfgang Sachs - 1993 - 284 pages
...time socially and environmentally sustainable' (p. xii). The Report later seeks to clarify the link: The concept of sustainable development does imply...imposed by the present state of technology and social organisations on environmental resources and by the ability of the biosphere to absorb the effects... | |
 | Holmes Rolston - 1994 - 274 pages
...will carry on in generations to come: Humanity has the ability to make development sustainable. . . . The concept of sustainable development does imply...ability of the biosphere to absorb the effects of human activities. But technology and social organization can be both managed and improved to make way for... | |
 | 292 pages
...Brundtland Commission on the subject of sustainable development also hold true here, namely that there are "limitations imposed by the present state of technology...ability of the biosphere to absorb the effects of human activities."108 Even if the technical and social limitations can be extended through corresponding... | |
 | Beat Bürgenmeier - 1994 - 238 pages
...socially and environmentally sustainable" (p. xii). Later the report defines this position further: "The concept of sustainable development does imply...imposed by the present state of technology and social organizations on environmental resources and by the ability of the biosphere to absorb the effects... | |
 | Mark Skousen - 2007 - 238 pages
...report defines this position further: "The concept of sustainable development does imply limits—not absolute limits but limitations imposed by the present state of technology and social organizations on environmental resources and by the ability of the biosphere to absorb the effects... | |
 | K. Uno - 1995 - 458 pages
...needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The concept of sustainable development does imply...ability of the biosphere to absorb the effects of human activities. But technology and social organization can be both managed and improved to make way for... | |
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Humanity has the ability to make development sustainable - to ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The concept of sustainable development does imply limits - not... 
