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What does sustainable development mean?

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Noun
  1. (ecology) Development which seeks to produce sustainable economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same by not exceeding the regenerative capacity of nature.
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They are saying the only route to sustainable development is partnership with business and self regulation of multinational corporations.
And we've got to deal with the environment, get a sustainable development running in this country.
The organization hopes to produce successful models of sustainable development that can be replicated regionally.
Equitable and sustainable development presumes that the natural resources will be used.
The link he assumes between local control and sustainable development is based on wishful thinking.
The challenge for the United States is to be an attractive example of what sustainable development can mean.

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