sustainability: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Robert Costanza (ed.), Ecological Economics: The Science and Management of Sustainability (1991); Michael Kenny and James Meadowcroft (eds.), Planning Sustainability (2002); William Ascher, Bringing in the Future: Strategies for Farsightedness and Sustainability in Developing Countries (2009).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Review on recycling energy resources and sustainability. Sep 18, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Late Night Live - What do we mean by sustainability? Jun 11, 2026
Add new Web site: White Rose Research Online - Three pillars of sustainability: in search of conceptual origins (PDF). Nov 28, 2025
Add new Web site: IBM - What is sustainability? Oct 03, 2025
Add new Web site: Open Oregon Educational Resources - Environmental Biology - Environment and Sustainability. May 31, 2025
Media added. Mar 12, 2025
Article updated and revised. Feb 18, 2025
Add new Web site: IOPscience - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering - Sustainability: an Essential Concept for Current and Upcoming Technological Practices (PDF). Jan 17, 2025
Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Introduction to Sustainability. Nov 20, 2024
Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Introduction to Sustainability. Nov 18, 2024
Add new Web site: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - The Nutrition Source - Sustainability. May 04, 2024
Media added. Nov 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Introduction to Sustanability. Nov 25, 2022
Add new Web site: EnvironmentalScience.org - What Is Sustainability and Why Is It Important? Sep 07, 2022
Removed media. Nov 01, 2021
Add new Web site: Investopedia - Sustainability. Apr 09, 2020
Media added. Jan 24, 2019
Mentioned that sustainability is generally understood as a form of intergenerational ethics. Also mentioned the importance of ecosystem services in decision-making. Jan 24, 2019
Media added. Apr 11, 2017
Add new Web site: Academia - Sustainability (pdf). Nov 28, 2016
Add new Web site: McGill University - What is Sustainability? Nov 28, 2016
Add new Web site: United States Enviromental Protection Agency - Sustainability. Nov 28, 2016
New bibliography added. Sep 01, 2015
New article added. Sep 01, 2015
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