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Addressing Inequality through an Integral Design Approach for Sustainable Development in Rural Communities

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Reduced Inequalities

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Definition

United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) defines the development that meets the need of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs as sustainable development (WCED 1987).

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) classifies the areas with a population density below 150 inhabitants per km2 as rural (European Commission 2017).

Introduction

Since Rousseau’s enlightenment period article discours sur l’origine de l’inégalité parmi les hommes (Rousseau 1772), changes to rural life have been recognized as at the root of social inequality. Rousseau saw the basis of inequality in the demand from agriculturists for territorial delineation, as this social hierarchy was reinforced by the right of property as well as by the traditional master/servant distinction. In post-industrial societies, while social inequalities in the urban centers were still substantial, they were countered with...

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  1. Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia

    Gayani Karunasena, Richard Tucker & Susan Ang

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  6. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

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  1. Ex-Member, Textile Exchange Advisory Council, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

    Narasimha Reddy Donthi Ph.D

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Karunasena, G., Tucker, R., Ang, S. (2021). Addressing Inequality through an Integral Design Approach for Sustainable Development in Rural Communities. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Reduced Inequalities. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71060-0_36-1

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