The scientific discourse on the concept of sustainable development

Inese Trusina () and Elita Jermolajeva ()
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Inese Trusina: Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Jelgava, Latvia
Elita Jermolajeva: Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Jelgava, Latvia

Eastern Journal of European Studies, 2021, vol. 12(2), 298-322

Abstract: The paper focuses on key questions relating to the concepts of development, sustainability and sustainable development, and also presents the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the associated discussions regarding its complementarities and benefits. It took more than 40 years for the SD concept to take shape and turn into a global agenda. On the other hand, there is still no formalized description of a sustainable or monitoring system, of the requirements necessary for the development criteria and measures. The aim of this article is to contribute by providing concise data about its SD concept evolution, principles and their implications for the global, national and individual actions aimed to achieve SD. From the angle of a future view on sustainability, the paper reinterprets the information field, significance of the ecological economics concept (monographic method) and further elaborates on the spatial-temporal energy flows (power) approach for monitoring the socio-economic system development.

Keywords: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); sustainability; ecological economics; regional economic; flows of energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.47743/ejes-2021-0215

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