Sustainable development: a holistic approach to natural resource management

Author

Haimes, Yacov Y.

Author_Institution

Center for Risk Manage. of Eng. Syst., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA

Volume

22

Issue

3

fYear

1992

Firstpage

413

Lastpage

417

Abstract

The author examines sustainable development, which has become the quintessential paradigm for addressing the worldwide dilemma of advancing economic development while protecting environmental quality, from the broad perspectives of systems analysis. He attempts to determine whether sustainable development is a new philosophical paradigm that is more encompassing than currently available approaches to solving global and large-scale complex problems or a grass-roots manifestation of a holistic-systemic philosophy well supported by ample theory, methodology, and problem-solving algorithms. The prospects of success for sustainable development is also discussed

Keywords

ecology; natural resources; ecology; economic development; environmental quality; global problems; holistic approach; holistic-systemic philosophy; large-scale complex problems; natural resource management; philosophical paradigm; sustainable development; Air pollution; Earth; Environmental economics; Planets; Protection; Resource management; Soil pollution; Sustainable development; Water pollution; Water resources;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9472

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/21.155942

Filename

155942