Sustainable Development SOSC 562 Instructor: Jerry Patchell (sopatch@ust.hk)
TA: Kaxton Siu
(Kaxton@ust.hk)
The Problem with a Balance
What happens when the economy grows?
To the previous balance with the environment?
To the previous configuration of society and culture?
Key Points: SusDev Driving Forces
Problem of poverty and environment
Problem of affluence and environment
Connections between the two
Key SusDev Ideas
Intra generation Equity
Inter generation Equity
Need to develop social institutions to bring about change
Key Points: Tensions and Integration
Ambiguity of susdev
Tensions in different ideological approaches (e.g. weak vs. strong, anthropocentric vs. ecocentric)
Tensions between environmental, economic and social views
Need to integrate and overcome tensions
Integrating principles
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