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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY METRICS
Citation:
Sikdar*, S K. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY METRICS. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS JOURNAL. Wiley InterScience, Silver Spring, MD, 49(8):1928-1932, (2003).
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If Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, pub. 1962, can be credited for the public realization of widespread environmental degradation directly or indirectly attributable to industrial enterprise, the book, Our Common Future (WCED, 1987) which is the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, must be considered the most important catalyst for the worldwide appreciation for the idea of sustainable development. The concept of sustainable development is simple enough: the natural resources of the Earth are limited; they ar3e being used disproportionately by a minority of people living in wealthy nations, thus creating intra-generational inequity. The rate of use of these resources is ever-increasing, thus depriving the future generations of a living standard comparable to that of the present, and creating inter-generational inequity.
