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Article In Journal |
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Sustainable Development Between the Rightful Use of Natural Resources and the Duty of Care for the Environment التنمية المستدامة بين الحق في استغلال الموارد الطبيعية والمسئولية عن حماية البيئة |
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Political Sciences |
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Arabic |
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The concept of sustainable development has received much attention in the past two decades in formulating development theories, models, and policies. The interest in sustainable development results both from the growing concern over environmental crisis and the depletion of natural resources that we humans need for our survival, and from the indifference and even negligence of the mainstream development theories (modernism) toward those environmental concerns. The biggest impetus for changing the world's development practice came as a result of the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio in 1992, at which the leaders of nearly all the world's countries acknowledged that development as currently practiced is not sustainable into the future, and that our generation is pushing enormous social and environmental costs onto future generations.
Since then `sustainable development' became the predominant feature of the developmental discourse, underlying global, regional and local environmental policy strategies. In addition its proponents actively worked to explore the environmental costs of development activities, prescribe environment-friendly policies, suggest institutional and legal measures for environmental protection, and publicize the principles of sustainability through international forums and publications.
This study begins with a brief discussion on the most critical environmental crisis resulting from modernism model of development, followed by an analysis and discussion of various and even conflicting perspectives in defining the concept of sustainable development. In addition this study analytically and critically discusses the main trends within sustainable development model. Finally the study concludes by asserting that achieving sustainability requires profound changes in thinking, in economic and social structures, and in consumption and production patterns, and makes some practical suggestions in this regard. |
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1319-0997 |
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Economics and Administration Journal |
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23 |
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1 |
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Publishing Year |
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1430 AH
2009 AD |
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Article |
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 |
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Researchers
| عبدالله جمعان الغامدي | Abdullah G. Al-Ghamdi | Researcher | | |
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