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Sustainable Development: A New World Deception
Author(s) -
Willers Bill
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
conservation biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.2
H-Index - 222
eISSN - 1523-1739
pISSN - 0888-8892
DOI - 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1994.08041146.x
Subject(s) - deception , citation , library science , sustainable development , political science , computer science , law
The term "sustainable development" began a rapid spread with the release in 1987 of a United Nations report titled Our Common Future, now generally referred to as the Bruntland Report (World Commission on Environment and Development 1987). In the report, sustainable development was defined as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."