FORUM: A Context for Participation in Sustainable Development
- 1 October 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Environmental Management
- Vol. 26 (4) , 349-361
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s002670010092
Abstract
Sustainability, but the most meaningful definition is set within an evolutionary framework. Mechanistic and evolutionary frameworks for sustainable development are discussed. Evolution and adaptation are characteristics of complex adaptive systems, and a new understanding of sustainable development can be gleaned by using the complex adaptive systems framework. This approach to sustainable development issues implicitly requires proactive involvement by the public. This paper supports that bottom-up participation needs to be nurtured. Appropriate processes to enable participation need to be designed and implemented.Keywords
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