...(1987)6, stated that sustainable development implies that the current generation should "meet (its) needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs". The debate includes sharply contrasting viewpoints on what the main causes of environmental degradation...

...welfare. Environmental urban policy adds the dimension of distribution across generations: meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs by depleting or degrading the quality of existing resources. Urban policy has its origins in the public...

...coordinated as a whole, so that a path for non-threatening development can be found which will meet current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs" (State Council, 1994, p. 1). The document goes on to elaborate on this theme. The white paper points...

...framework of sustainable development in the sense of development we undertake in order to meet our needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. UK policy has two main objectives. First to prevent further future contamination from taking place....

...business. These tend to be cast in terms of living within the finite limits of the planet, of meeting needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs, and of integrating the environment and development. Indeed, there has been a growing impetus within...

...distribution, consumption, and waste management. A sustainable food system should help to satisfy basic human needs, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. It must therefore maintain ecological integrity and integrate conservation and development. Unfortunately,...

...development is that of the WCED l1987l. which describes it as development which is capable of meeting today's needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. This definition contains concepts of inter-generational equity and social justice, as well as environmental...

...unsustainable fashion. To get people to use a commons sustainably, that is, in ways that meet current human needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs, Hardin argued that the commons had to be managed. He also linked the tragedy of the commons concept...

...business. These tend to be cast in terms of living within the finite limits of the planet, of meeting needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs and of integrating environment and development'. More recent thinking, according to Jacobs (1999) and...

...easier to start evaluating the systems in reference to the community's ability to meet the present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Figure 1.1 The Sustainability Cycle Social >^ v Human governance f * financial economic — *- Action...