Non sustainable development. Difficulties with definitions of sustainability.

• Main Author: Lubomír NÁTR
• Format: Article
• Language: ces
• Published: Research Institute of Brewing and Malting, Plc. 2006-04-01
• Series: Kvasný průmysl
• Subjects: Sustainable development
• Online Access: https://kvasnyprumysl.cz/en/artkey/kpr-200604-0003_Rozvoj_trvale_neudrzitelny_Nesnaze_s_definovanim_trvale_udrzitelneho_rozvoje.php

Current "definitions" of sustainability cannot be considered serious definitions. They only represent a broad concept of a noble idea. In these "definitions" several terms are not sufficiently identified. For example, how can we define sustainability without considering the population of a country, the rate of population increase, whether it is rich or poor, and its resources. Generally only the "present generation" is considered. There are no specifications about the future needs of our successors. And the proclamation of the preservation of natural ecosystem services is totally absurd when so many changes continuously modify nature. The idea, often expressed, that the preference of economic interests of the current population over-rides the needs of future generations negates natural laws ensuring Earth's hospitality to mankind and turns the idea of sustainability into an absurd verbal exercise.(In Czech, English summary only)