Sustainable Development: Introduction
Since the 1987 Brundtland report, the concept of sustainable development has entered the political arena. Its most common definition reads: "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". In the EU debate, sustainable development is often seen as encompassing three dimensions: the environmental, the economic and the social (the "triple bottom line").
Since the 1987 Brundtland report, the concept of
sustainable development has entered the political arena. Its
most common definition reads: „development that meets the needs
of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs“. In the EU debate,
sustainable development is often seen as encompassing three
dimensions: the environmental, the economic and the social (the
„triple bottom line“).
