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Explore the meaning of 'sustainable development' in the Southeast Asian context. Can one make a case for a distinctively Southeast Asian definition of this concept?
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Explore the meaning of 'sustainable development' in the Southeast Asian context. Can one make a case for a distinctively Southeast Asian definition of this concept? The concept of 'sustainable development' has become an area of intense debate and extensive discourse since its inclusion in the report 'Our Common Future', a document prepared by the World Commission on Environment and Development which espoused a form of development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." (Brenton, 1994:129) The importance of linking development and the environment was realised and popularised, subsequently the search for sustainability became the new ethos for governments and environmentalists alike. Following the promulgation of the sustainable development concept, its actual meaning became increasingly clouded, with different definitions being adopted across groups. Academics contended that the common usage of 'sustainable development' was too narrow in its preoccupation with...
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