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Special Thematic Section / Section thématique spéciale

Advances and Limits of Social Sustainability as an Evolving Concept

Pages 501-510 | Published online: 14 Feb 2011
 

ABSTRACT

The concept of “environment” usually refers to the external nature of the human world. Nevertheless, the academic discourse on the modern environmental crisis considers and tends to treat human society as part of the environment. In this context, the concept of sustainable development (SD) includes the social, economic, and ecological. This article analyses the social dimension of sustainable development in its evolution as a concept. The paper concludes that the main approaches in this field subordinate the social to the ecological. The implications of this are analysed and assessed.

RÉSUMÉ

Le concept d' «environnement» renvoie habituellement à la nature à l'exttrieur du monde humain. Néanmoins, le discours théorique sur la crise environnementale moderne considère et traite la société humaine comme partie prenante de l'environnement. Duns un tel contexte, le concept de déeloppement durable comprend les dimensions sociale, économique et écologique. L'article analyse l'évolution, en tant que concept, de la dimension sociale du développement durable. L'auteur conclut que les principales approches duns le domaine subordonnent le social à l'éologique. Il analyse et évalue les conséquences de cette situation.

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