Since publication of the Brundtland Report in 1987, the notion of sustainable development
has come to guide the pursuit of environmental reform by both public and private …

A common criticism of the sustainability field is that definitions are vague and that the vast
amount of different tools, methods and concepts leads to confusion. In response to this …

Social sustainability gained formal and international repute following the World Commission
on Environment and Development (WCED) report to the United Nations (UN), which …

In recent years the social dimension (or 'social sustainability') has gained increased
recognition as a fundamental component of sustainable development, becoming …

Since the emergence of widespread concerns over environmental degradation in the 1960s,
a great deal of work has been put into the concept of environmental 'sustainability': how can …

The lifestyle of industrialized countries and economic growth in the decades of the 1960s
and 1970scaused a serious weakness in the balance between ecology, economic stability …

There is a fragmented approach to social sustainability in the literature, and this paper aims
to contribute to a better understanding of the meanings and interpretations of that concept …

Sustainability is often conceived of as an attempt to balance competing economic,
environmental and social priorities. Over the course of three decades of scholarship …

The sustainability concepts of the" Brundtland-Report" and the" Rio documents" call for a
combination of ecological, economic, social and institutional aspects of social development …

There is a need to develop a clearer understanding of what the social pillar of sustainable
development means and how it relates to the environmental pillar. This article contributes to …