Defining Sustainability: Standard Dictionary Comparison
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What does the Macquarie Dictionary (2009) emphasize about sustainability?

  • The capacity to continue over a period of time
  • The ability of something to be maintained at a specific rate or level
  • Meeting present needs without compromising the ability to meet future needs
  • The importance of continuity and endurance (correct)

What is the focus of the Oxford Dictionary (2011) definition of sustainability?

  • The importance of continuity and endurance
  • Meeting present needs without compromising the ability to meet future needs
  • The capacity to continue over a period of time
  • The ability of something to be maintained at a specific rate or level (correct)

What does the Cambridge Dictionary (2011) definition emphasize about sustainability?

  • The capacity to continue over a period of time (correct)
  • The importance of continuity and endurance
  • The ability of something to be maintained at a specific rate or level
  • Meeting present needs without compromising the ability to meet future needs

What is the key goal of sustainable development according to the Brundtland Report (1987)?

<p>Seeking to meet present needs without compromising the ability to meet future needs (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is there usage variation between 'sustainable development' and 'sustainability'?

<p>Because of historical context and varying perspectives (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the implications of differing definitions of sustainability?

<p>Leading to confusion and conflict in discussions about sustainability (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three components of sustainable development according to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development?

<p>Economic, environmental, and social (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the concept of ecological sustainable development focus on?

<p>Using and conserving community resources (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the core dimensions of sustainability according to the Triple Bottom Line (TBL)?

<p>Economic, environmental, and social (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does intra-generational and inter-generational equity aim to balance?

<p>The needs of current and future generations (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is integral to sustainability according to the concept of resource conservation and business reconsideration?

<p>Conservation and enhancement of resources (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the analysis of 100 sustainability definitions on the emrgnc website highlight?

<p>Significance of the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is increasingly becoming a focal point in sustainability discussions borrowed from fields like medicine?

<p>Quality of life (QoL) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the 'empty world' economic model rely on?

<p>Assumption that individual welfare is based on consumption of goods and services (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Lehtonen's weak approach to sustainability assume?

<p>'Triple Bottom Line (TBL)' can easily substitute natural capital (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Full world' model in economics recognizes which of the following?

<p>Recognition of multiple forms of capital and acknowledgment of waste production (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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