1997
DOI: 10.1017/s0376892997000246
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Sustainable development: modern elixir or sack dress?

Abstract: Over the past two decades 'sustainable development' has grown from a term expressing concern for social and environmental problems to an international craze. The concept purportedly offers cures for the many and diverse problems afflicting modern society, and because it involves an integrated approach, the sustainable development fashion has resulted in much-needed collaboration between specialists from diverse backgrounds, to work on the complex problems involved in the interactions between society and enviro… Show more

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“…Sometimes 'sustainable development' is confused with "smart growth" or creating "livable communities" (Portney, 2003). By examining a wide range of literature, Frazier (1997) notes 'sustainable' being used as "[a] fashionable modifier" (p. 183). He also indicates that, quite often, the use of the word is even "redundant, hence rendered absurd", in attempts to emphasise it (Frazier,197: 183).…”
Section: 'Sustainable' and Contextualismmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sometimes 'sustainable development' is confused with "smart growth" or creating "livable communities" (Portney, 2003). By examining a wide range of literature, Frazier (1997) notes 'sustainable' being used as "[a] fashionable modifier" (p. 183). He also indicates that, quite often, the use of the word is even "redundant, hence rendered absurd", in attempts to emphasise it (Frazier,197: 183).…”
Section: 'Sustainable' and Contextualismmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Rarely have environmentalists "challenged the fundamental canons of western civilization or the economic orthodoxy of welfare capitalism -the ecologically destructive system that gives the nation's resources away to any corporation with the desire and technology to develop them" (Dowie, 1995, p. 28). Economic growth is simply accepted, nearly on the same rank as gravity, by most people in the PoMoNeLiAGlo, or Post-Exuberant Age, despite the fact that this clearly is a fantasy and con-tradicts the fundaments of long-term access to basic resources (Frazier, 1997;Czech, 2000). In the same light, the global impact of commoditization has had immense and devastating effects on diverse environments (Manno, 2000).…”
Section: Conclusion and Recommendationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Lélé and Norgaard (1996) point out the fundamental -and hypocritical -problem of conservationists relying on technologies that are "unsustainable, " and Czech (2000) explains why the cannons of contemporary economic systems are at direct odds with environmental protection. Certainly, the high fashions in conservation and development, such as "sustainable development," are more a political convenience -or a deceit -than a boon (Frazier, 1997). Until there are fundamental changes in the way the dominant society functions, the issues discussed herein will continue to be but symptoms, subject to social and political "band aids" of dubious long term benefit.…”
Section: Conclusion and Recommendationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…plus véhéments qualifient le développement durable de monstre de diversion, de camouflage pratique et de supercherie visant le maintien du statu quo (Frazier, 1997).…”
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