What Is Sustainability? A Review of the Concept and Its Applications

Relations between Agri-Environmental, Economic and Social Dimensions of Farms’ Sustainability

“…Even though the essence of the sustainability concept is clear enough [4], researchers use many different sustainability definitions and interpretations [23][24][25][26]. It can be assumed that the variety of approaches is the result of the universality of the concept [27][28][29].…”

“…It can be assumed that the variety of approaches is the result of the universality of the concept [27][28][29]. Despite their variability, most of the definitions cover three types of goals, interpreted as the dimensions of sustainability: environmental, economic, and social [2,25,30]. In practice, sustainable development requires such actions that are economically viable, ecologically sound and socially acceptable.…”

Development of Sustainability Indicators: Approaches, Challenges and Opportunities

“…The advantages of an integrated approach to social, environmental and economic business goals have been shown in a variety of publications (for a literature review see Giovannoni & Fabietti, 2014). Sustainability reporting should not be an objective by itself.…”

The misuses of sustainability: Adult education, citizenship and the dead hand of neoliberalism

“…Clearly, all three cases presage its ''environmental'' and ''social'' discourses (Giovannoni and Fabietti 2014): they were about improving the lives of people, in relation to their environments, on a global and local scale. But today, if anyone gives these examples even a passing thought, it is through the lens of neoliberal common sense: the institutional Darwinism of sustainability's ''business'' discourse.…”