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As previous chapters have shown, we have entered a new phase of environmental concern that has been termed the ‘sustainability’ phase (Newby 1991). This draws on a new concern for the survival of the natural bases of human existence comprising atmosphere, biodiversity, soils and water. The concern relates to the accelerating rate at which these renewable resources are being degraded or destroyed. Sustainability encapsulates a growing recognition that the demands that society imposes on the environment cannot be met indefinitely in current form and scale, without placing in jeopardy the welfare and possibly the continued existence of both humanity and non-human nature. A new approach to ‘development’ is needed, therefore, based on a reassessment of humanity’s relationship to the environment. Sustainable development appears to offer that approach, at least in principle. Rather than regarding the environment as possessing infinite exploitative and assimilative capacity, sustainable development introduces the notion of ‘environmental capacity’ or ‘limits’.
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Tilzey, M. (2002). Conservation and Sustainability. In: Bowler, I.R., Bryant, C.R., Cocklin, C. (eds) The Sustainability of Rural Systems. The GeoJournal Library, vol 66. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3471-4_8
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