Erling Holden|Kristin Linnerud|David Banister
The Imperatives of Sustainable Development
Vestlandsforsking|CICERO Center for International Climate Research|University of Oxford
abstract united nations sustainable development goals fire attempting cover good desirable society targets ended vague weak meaningless suggest model sustainable development based three moral imperatives satisfying human needs ensuring social equity respecting environmental limits model reflects common futures central message moral imperatives laid philosophical texts needs equity recent scientific insights environmental limits model conflict popular threepillar model sustainable development seeks balance social environmental economic targets rather argue sustainable development constitutes set constraints human behaviour including constraints economic activity identifying indicators thresholds illustrate different regions groups countries face different challenges copyright 2016 john wiley amp sons ltd erp environment