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                The Concept of Sustainability  Sustainability is the process suggested to improve the quality of human life within the limitations of the global environment. It involves solutions for improving human welfare that does not result in degrading the environment or impinging on the well-being of other people.  Although there is no general agreement about the precise meaning of sustainability, there seems to be a general consensus that three basic concepts are involved in sustainable measures: living within certain limits of the earths’ capacity to maintain life; understanding the interconnections among economy, society, and environment; and maintaining a fair distribution of resources and opportunity for this generation and the next. In understanding its complexity, one popular framework shows sustainability issues as being classified into three categories: social/political, environmental, and economic issues. These three clas...

                Introduction sustainability The word “sustainability” has become a global buzzword as a potential solution for the many international, regional, and local problems facing society today. As developing nations struggle with issues of overpopulation, disease, and political conflict, developed countries also have to deal with problems such as infrastructure deterioration, pollution, and unlimited urban expansion with limited resources. The United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development coined a definition of sustainable development, which is probably the most well-known in all of the sustainability literature: “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (WECD, 1987).   According to MSN Encarta (WWW), the word “sustainable” means “able to be maintained”.  However, from the number of published books and articles in pro...