The Social Dimension of Sustainable Development: The Everlasting Forgotten?
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https://doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2018.2Keywords:
Sustainable development, social sustainability, environmental justice, equity, sustainable development goals, just sustainability.Abstract
The backbone of the concept of sustainable development is supported on the alliance formed by the economy, social justice and environmental protection. However, this concept has been based since its origins primarily on its environmental and economic position, to the detriment of its social dimension. The question that thus arises is: Is the social perspective and specifically the environmental justice and equity of sustainability the most overlooked? This article will explain the reasons why the social dimension, is considered crucial to the concept of sustainable development. When this social dimension has been considered, very promising concepts have been relevant to this debate: environmental justice, environmental space, ecological footprint and ecological debt, all contributing to the deepening of the paradigm of Just Sustainability.References
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