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The Three Pillars of Sustainability

http://www.thwink.org/sustain/glossary/ThreePillarsOfSustainability.htm

Social Sustainability

Social sustainability is the ability of a social system, such as a

country, family, or organization, to function at a defined level

of social well being and harmony indefinitely. Problems like

war, endemic poverty, widespread injustice, and low

education rates are symptoms a system is socially

unsustainable.

Environmental Sustainability

Environmental sustainability is the ability of the environment

to support a defined level of environmental quality and

natural resource extraction rates indefinitely. This is the

world’s biggest actual problem, though since the

consequences of not solving the problem now are delayed,

the problem receives too low a priority to solve.

Economic Sustainability

Economic sustainability is the ability of an economy to

support a defined level of economic production indefinitely.

Since the Great Recession of 2008 this is the world’s biggest

apparent problem, which endangers progress on the

environmental sustainability problem.

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Past Present Future

DALUYONG / HUMBAK [storm surge]

The Journal of Environment Development March 2012 vol. 21 no. 1 120-138

http://jed.sagepub.com/content/21/1/120.abstract

As the climate changes during the 21st century, larger cyclonic storm surges and growing populations may collide in disasters of unprecedented size. As conditions worsen, variations in coastal morphology will magnify the effects in some areas, while largely insulating others. In this article, we explore the implications for 31 developing countries and 393 of their cyclone-vulnerable coastal cities with populations greater than 100,000. Combining the most recent scientific and demographic information, we estimate the future impact of climate change on storm surges that will strike coastal populations, economies, and ecosystems.



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We focus on the distribution of heightened impacts, because we believe that greater knowledge of their probable variation will be useful for local and national planners, as well as international donors. Our results suggest gross inequality in the heightened impact of future disasters, with 50% of the burden falling on the residents of 10 Asian cities and over 40% falling on Manila, Karachi, and Jakarta alone. In light of these huge asymmetries, we believe that careful targeting of international assistance will be essential for the effective and equitable allocation of resources for coastal protection and disaster prevention.



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