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Sustainable development: a definition and assessment

Kouikoglou Vasilis, Yannis Phillis, Luc Andriantiatsaholiniaina

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URIhttp://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/6E5AD06E-4F35-4782-BE4C-3491E8B33D89-
Languageen-
Extent11 pagesen
TitleSustainable development: a definition and assessment en
CreatorKouikoglou Vasilisen
CreatorΚουϊκογλου Βασιληςel
CreatorYannis Phillisen
CreatorΦιλλης Ιωαννηςel
CreatorLuc Andriantiatsaholiniainaen
Content SummaryThe average Greek produces daily 0.8 kg of solid waste and 22.7 kg of CO2. If he eats a 250 g beefsteak produced in Brazil, he has destroyed 5m2 of tropical forest. This amount of meat requires 750 L of water and 1.7 kg of grain. The list may go on almost ad infinitum. Is this behavior sustainable? To answer this question a new model that defines and measures sustainability is introduced. It uses fuzzy logic to combine data about a host of indicators related to two basic components, Ecosystem and Human System. The former is the logical resultant of four elements, Air, Land, Water, and Biodiversity, whereas the latter results from the logical combination of Policies, Wealth, Health, and Knowledge. Each of the eight components results from the combination of any number of primitives (basic indicators). Sustainability is assessed on a 0 to 1 scale. Examples show that no country is sustainable in the sense of this model.en
Type of ItemPeer-Reviewed Journal Publicationen
Type of ItemΔημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτέςel
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
Date of Item2015-11-07-
Date of Publication2003-
SubjectDevelopment, Sustainableen
SubjectEcologically sustainable developmenten
SubjectEconomic development, Sustainableen
SubjectEconomic sustainabilityen
SubjectESD (Ecologically sustainable development)en
SubjectSmart growthen
SubjectSustainable economic developmenten
Subjectsustainable developmenten
Subjectdevelopment sustainableen
Subjectecologically sustainable developmenten
Subjecteconomic development sustainableen
Subjecteconomic sustainabilityen
Subjectesd ecologically sustainable developmenten
Subjectsmart growthen
Subjectsustainable economic developmenten
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