| dc.contributor.author | Gallopín, Gilberto C. | es_ES |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-02T16:15:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-01-02T16:15:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003-03 | es_ES |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9211213983 | es_ES |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11362/5759 | |
| dc.description | Includes bibliography | es_ES |
| dc.description.abstract | The concepts of sustainability and sustainable development are analyzed from a systems perspective. In the most general terms, sustainability of any system can be represented by a non-decreasing valuation function of the outputs of interest of the system considered. Different perspectives on the system of reference are discussed, from the extreme anthropocentric to the extreme bio- or ecocentric positions, and related to the criteria (based on the assumed substitutability between natural and manufactured capital); of very strong, strong, weak, and very weak sustainability. A set of underlying determinants of sustainability is proposed and discussed, including availability of resources, adaptability/flexibility, homeostasis, capacity of response, self-reliance, and empowerment. The concept of sustainable development is discussed and alternative theoretical perspectives that have been used in the literature are presented. The relationship between sustainability, development, nondevelopment, and maldevelopment; and material and non-material economic growth is mapped as a Venn diagram; alternative trajectories towards sustainable development for rich and poor countries are identified. Five alternative paradigms/strategies for sustainable development are summarized, showing the complexity of the process of choosing the right actions to move towards sustainable development. | es_ES |
| dc.language.iso | en | es_ES |
| dc.publisher | ECLAC | es_ES |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Serie Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo | es_ES |
| dc.title | A systems approach to sustainability and sustainable development | es_ES |
| dc.type | Texto
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| dc.contributor.entity | NU. CEPAL | es_ES |
| dc.contributor.entity | NU. CEPAL. División de Desarrollo Sostenible y Asentamientos Humanos | es_ES |
| dc.contributor.entity | Países Bajos. Gobierno | es_ES |
| dc.project | Proyecto Evaluación de la Sostenibilidad en América Latina y el Caribe (Fase I) NET/00/063 | es_ES |
| dc.division | División de Desarrollo Sostenible y Asentamientos Humanos | es_ES |
| dc.publicationstatus | Disponible | es_ES |
| dc.regionaloffice | Santiago | es_ES |
| dc.physicaldescription | 38 p. : il., tabls. | es_ES |
| dc.jobnumber | S033119 E | es_ES |
| dc.salenumber | 03.II.G.35 | es_ES |
| dc.callnumber | INT UN/MA 3(64/2003) | es_ES |
| dc.callnumber | LC/L.1864-P | es_ES |
| dc.identifier.unsymbol | LC/L.1864-P | es_ES |
| dc.placeofedition | Santiago | es_ES |
| dc.relation.ispartofseriesno | 64 | es_ES |
| dc.subject.spanish | DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE | es_ES |
| dc.subject.english | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | es_ES |
| dc.coverage.spatialspa | AMERICA LATINA | es_ES |
| dc.coverage.spatialeng | LATIN AMERICA | es_ES |
| dc.type.biblevel | Documento Completo | es_ES |
| dc.doctype | Series | es_ES |
| dc.topic.spanish | DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE | es_ES |
| dc.topic.english | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | es_ES |
| dc.idsade | 12288 | es_ES |
| dc.workarea.spanish | DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE Y ASENTAMIENTOS HUMANOS
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| dc.workarea.english | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
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