Sustainable Development within Planetary Boundaries: A Functional Revision of the Definition Based on the Thermodynamics of Complex Social-Ecological Systems

The dominant paradigm of sustainable development (SD) where the environment is just the third pillar of SD has proven inadequate to keep humanity within the safe operational space determined by biophysical planetary boundaries. This implies the need for a revised definition compatible with a nested...

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Main Author: Bart Muys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Librelloph 2013-05-01
Series:Challenges in Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.librelloph.com/challengesinsustainability/article/view/22