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The term’ sustainable development’ corresponds to a concept that has been, during the last decade, increasingly in use in different circles (scientists, economists, politicians, bankers, etc.) No development nowadays seems to be worth to be considered if it could not be qualified as sustainable. Now to the word “sustainability” is generally associated the concept of duration and permanent progress: how is it possible to associate such concept of duration and permanent progress to the exploitation of natural resources which are not renewable?
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Morizot, G. (2003). Sustainable Development in the Non-Energy Extractive Industry. In: Tvalchrelidze, A.G., Morizot, G. (eds) Mineral Resource Base of the Southern Caucasus and Systems for its Management in the XXI Century. NATO Science Series, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0084-0_1
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