Category: Economics

This article provides information about the meaning of sustainable development: The economic growth model of development, its adoption by most of the countries in the world and realisation of the consequences it produced in various forms of environmental degradation has provided the historical context for the rise of the development- environment debate.

This article provides information about the criticisms of the idea sustainable development: The concept of sustainable development, as defined by the Brundtland Commission, has been subjected to critical scrutiny by many scholars. The criticisms not only point out the logical contradictions and semantic ambivalence in the term, but also centre on its vagueness/ambiguity of the… Continue reading Sustainable Development: Criticisms of the Idea Sustainable Development

This article provides information about the critique of sustainable development relating to the operational substance of the definition: While raising doubts regarding the operational substance of the definition, Anil Agarwal. Critically examines: Who is going to ensure the rights of future generations when, given the highly divided world we live in, a large proportion of… Continue reading Critique of Sustainable Development Relating to the Operational Substance of the Definition