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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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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.
All their honeyed words about sustainable development cannot conceal the fact that, at heart, they are fundamentally opposed to change.
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.
This is the surest way to successfully attain sustainable development worldwide.

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