Sustainable development (1987-2005): an oxymoron comes of age

Volume: 12, Issue: 25, Pages: 65 - 84
Published: Jun 1, 2006
Abstract
The essay began by arguing that ‘sustainable development’ had for some time been a property of different discourses. The term ‘sustainable development’ was an oxymoron, which prompted a number of discursive interpretations of the weight to attached to both ‘development’ and ‘sustainability’. Only by exposing the assumptions, and conclusions, of these discourses could we hope to clarify the choices, and trade-offs, which beset environmental...
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Title
Sustainable development (1987-2005): an oxymoron comes of age
Published Date
Jun 1, 2006
Volume
12
Issue
25
Pages
65 - 84
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