GENERAL PROBLEMS IN THE INTERPRETATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEYELOPMENT

• Authors: Bogusław FIEDOR , Romuald JOŃCZY
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The global problem of unsustainable development connected with declining levels of natural resources began to be noticed at the turn of the sixties and seventies. Public opinion became concerned with ecological imblances thanks to e.g. Bernhard Grzimek’s film the Serengeti Shall Not Die and Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring. The academic and politicalenvironmental environments were greatly affected at this time by the publication of two reports devoted to global development: a report by the UN Secretary-General - U Thant and the famous first Report of the Rome Group, the Limits of Growth in 1972 [Meadows et al., 1972]. The reactio that these reports madę, in conjuction with the mid 1970s oil crisis thatsome had forecast, caused major political changes and madę governments of industrialised States realise how dependent they were on a constant supply of raw materials and energy.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Opolski, Wydział Ekonomiczny
• Journal: Economic and Environmental Studies
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 8
• Pages: 37-50

Dates

published

2020-12-10

Contributors

author

Bogusław FIEDOR

author

Romuald JOŃCZY