Sustainable development: a controversial subject among economists

Authors

  • Franck-Dominique Vivien

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v11i0.7819

Keywords:

économie, développement soutenable, croissance durable, décroissance, economics, sustainable development, sustaining growth, decrease, economia, desenvolvimento sustentável, crescimento sustentado, decrescimento

Abstract

The objective of sustainable development is translated in very different ways. We propose a panorama of economic proposals related to sustainability. This one is setting on three groups of theoretical works: the first one, which is the point of view of mainstream economics, brings forward the idea of sustainable
growth as a necessary and sufficient condition to have a sustainable development; the second, more conscious of physical limits, try to elaborate socio-environmental constraints, inside of which economic
development must go on; the third one, influenced by third world experiences, insists on social inequalities and question the sense of the notion of development.

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Published

2005-12-30

How to Cite

Vivien, F.-D. (2005). Sustainable development: a controversial subject among economists. Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 11. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v11i0.7819

Issue

2005: Ecosystems and Sustainability: Historical and Socioeconomic Perspectives

Section

Ecossistemas e Sustentabilidade: Perspectivas Históricas e Socioeconômicas

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