The definition, measurement and implementation of sustainable development, a case study of the Quadrant, Sheffield, UK
by David Parsons
Interdisciplinary Environmental Review (IER), Vol. 8, No. 2, 2006

Abstract: This paper explores the meaning and application of the term sustainable development. As Jonathon Porrit points out this is ''one of those protean concepts that mean a hundred different things to a hundred different people.'' (Porrit 1998) A case study of a business centre for small and medium sized businesses developed by a community organisation is used to illustrate alternative ways in which sustainability may be interpreted and to discuss the types of difficulty that were experienced in implementing a project which met the objectives of sustainable development. The aim of the scheme was to promote sustainable development involving: economic sustainability, social sustainability, environmental sustainability.

Online publication date: Mon, 13-May-2013

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