Sustainable development?This paper addresses the concept of sustainable development and, more particularly, its applicability in underdeveloped economies when analyzing reciprocal effects between economic organization and environmental issues. It also addresses the relationships between development and underdevelopment, from an ecological economics' approach, and its theoretical implications regarding the concept of sustainable development. We conclude that the specificities of Latin American economies, when compared to those economies of developed countries, also entail, beyond economical disparities, the existence of strong antagonisms from an environmental standpoint, which are recurrently ignored by most of the interpretations concerning sustainable development.Keywords: sustainable development; underdevelopment; environment; ecological economics.JEL Classification: O10; Q57. INTRODUçãOO processo de industrialização dos países periféricos passa a se manifestar, enquanto necessidade considerada indissociável à melhora das condições de vida da população, a partir da constatação de que a forma desigual de incorporação do Revista de Economia Política, vol 31, nº 3 (123), pp 381-396, julho-setembro/2011 * Mestrando em Economia pelo Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (Cedeplar) -UFMG. E-mail: jorgel@cedeplar.ufmg.br. Professor associado do Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (Cedeplar) -UFMG. E-mail: monte-mor@cedeplar.ufmg.br. Os autores gostariam de agradecer as críticas e sugestões de um parecerista anônimo, assim como os comentários realizados por Maurício Amazonas, referentes a uma versão preliminar desse trabalho apresentada ao VIII Encontro da Sociedade Brasileira de Economia Ecológica, isentando-os, entretanto, de eventuais erros e omissões. Submetido: Agosto 2009; Aprovado: Dezembro 2009.
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