Open AccessCorporate Capitalism: A Major Barrier to Ecologically and Socially Sustainable Development Alternatives
Author(s) -
Ian McGregor
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
portal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1449-2490
DOI - 10.5130/portal.v3i1.123
Subject(s) - sustainable development , capitalism , natural (archaeology) , business , economic system , environmental ethics , environmental resource management , natural resource economics , environmental planning , ecology , economics , political science , geography , biology , politics , philosophy , archaeology , law
The concept of Ecologically Sustainable Development has emerged from a recognition that all terrestrial systems, be they natural or human, are interconnected. Ecologically Sustainable Development therefore requires that all our social and economic systems must operate in a way that sustains the earth