1 able to be maintained or continued: --
2 able to continue at the same level for a period of time: --
3 using methods that do not harm the environment so that natural resources are still available in the future: --
sustainable communities/energy sources
The ethical brand donates 10% of profits to support sustainable development.
With long fallow periods and large areas of undisturbed forests, swidden agriculture does provide a balanced, sustainable system.
Macroeconomic adjustments should stimulate sustainable developments rather than furthering unsustainability; where they do lead to environmental degradation, compensatory projects might provide a short-term retrofitting option.
Evaluating projects and assessing a sustainable development in imperfect economies.
The difference in sustainable-equivalent utility between any two comparison economies is just exactly the answer to the following standard question of classical static welfare analysis.
Finally, productivity must also be considered when comparing agricultural systems, as a farm must be economically, as well as ecologically, sustainable.
With steadily increasing demand for palm oil, the authors suggest that a major opportunity exists for environmentally and socially sustainable expansion of smallholder production.
The cost of meeting these standards to the industry can be regarded as the cost of environmentally sustainable industrial development.
First, because we should deal with resources in a responsible, sustainable manner.
