Sustainable Development: From Concepts to Models

Dmitry Kavtaradze and Elena Likhacheva

Chapter 7 in Sustainability Analysis, 2012, pp 149-178 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The greater a fallacy is, the more difficult it is to recognize and address it. Although researchers made attempts to find solutions to the problems facing humanity during the last decades of the twentieth century handling these problems continues to be an issue as the conclusions they drew are being questioned in the twenty-first century (Meadows et al., 1972). As no new common ground (paradigm) has emerged, Aurelio Peccei — the founder of the Club of Rome and Institute of System Researches — has said that one needs compelling arguments to “forecast a potential catastrophe in the coming decades” and that “there is a necessity in the Great change of the direction…of human activities.” (Peccei, 1969) The analysis of the successes and collapses of civilizations has long attracted attention; Jared Diamond has continued the examination of this subject (Diamond, 2005).

Keywords: Sustainable Development; Gross Domestic Product; Cognitive Dissonance; Extreme Situation; Integrate Coastal Zone Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230362437_8

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