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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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Sustainable development is economic activity or growth which does not reduce or deplete the resources available to future generations.

Sustainable development can be maintained at a certain rate or level.

Sustainable Development: Conventional versus emergent alternative wisdom
David C Korten
Development (2005) 48, 65–69. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1100105
Abstract: To open the Dialogue section of Volume 48, we start with two pieces by David C. Korten, a leading 'alternative' writer. The first was written in 1993 to present his then current thoughts on the conventional and alternative wisdom on sustainable development. That most of its arguments remain relevant nearly twelve years later is a useful reminder of how little the basic frame of the sustainable development debate has changed during this period. The second is his reflection on the piece written for this journal issue. He shares his own history and emerging vision as he explores, with others, the possibilities and problems of alternative thinking for diverse economies in theory and practice for today and the future.

Knowledge systems for sustainable development
David W. Cash, William C. Clark, Frank Alcock, Nancy M. Dickson, Noelle Eckley‡, David H. Guston, Jill Jäger, and Ronald B. Mitchell
Abstract: The challenge of meeting human development needs while protecting the earth's life support systems confronts scientists, technologists, policy makers, and communities from local to global levels. Many believe that science and technology (S&T) must play a more central role in sustainable development, yet little systematic scholarship exists on how to create institutions that effectively harness S&T for sustainability. This study suggests that efforts to mobilize S&T for sustainability are more likely to be effective when they manage boundaries between knowledge and action in ways that simultaneously enhance the salience, credibility, and legitimacy of the information they produce. Effective systems apply a variety of institutional mechanisms that facilitate communication, translation and mediation across boundaries.

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