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SUBMITTER: Parris TM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC166183 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Parris Thomas M TM Kates Robert W RW
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20030620 14
Sustainable development exhibits broad political appeal but has proven difficult to define in precise terms. Recent scholarship has focused on the nature of a sustainability transition, described by the National Research Council as meeting the needs of a stabilizing future world population while reducing hunger and poverty and maintaining the planet's life-support systems. We identify a small set of goals, quantitative targets, and associated indicators that further characterize a sustainability ...[more]