Beskouings oor volhoubare ontwikkeling en die krisis in die natuur
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Authors
Treurnicht, Stephanus Philippus
Issue Date
2004-06
Type
Thesis
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Keywords
Sustainable development , Development thought , Ecological integrity , Gender imbalances , Indigenous knowledge systems , Participatory rural appraisal , Participatory learning and action , Global warming , Erosion , Pollution , Economic growth , Specie imbalances , Specie loss , Deep ecology , Shallow ecology , Eco-feminism , Social ecology , Co-evolution , Technocentrism , Alternative development , Gaia
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Abstract
During the last few decades the need existed for a new framework to give direction to development and ecological thought in respect of the sustaining of nature in order to place development and ecological thought within the limits of nature. However, development thought and the debate relating to nature are to some extent still treated in theory and practice as two separate entities. One of the current challenges for sustainable development is to reconcile the development and ecological branches of this debate.
The thesis firstly explains the origin and characteristics of sustainable development. Secondly, the crisis in nature is discussed, followed by a discussion of the most important ecological views relating to sustainable development. Then issues in development thought that relates to sustainable development is discussed, as well as the changing emphasis in development thought that stimulated the growth of sustainable development. The mainstream development view, as the other main branch of sustainable development thinking, is then discussed. In conclusion, some issues relating to the operationalisation of sustainable development is discussed.
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Citation
Treurnicht, Stephanus Philippus (2004) Beskouings oor volhoubare ontwikkeling en die krisis in die natuur, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1215>