Concept information
Preferred term
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Definition
- Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Encompasses, e.g. keeping population densities below the carrying capacity of a region, facilitating the renewal of renewable resources, conserving and establishing priorities for the use of non-renewable resources, and keeping environmental impact below the level required to allow affected systems to recover and continue to evolve. (en)
Broader concept
- SUSTAINABILITY (en)
Change note
- 2012-06-28 10:09:23.0 [tbs1979] Insert Concept add broader relation (ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY [73266dd6-217a-432f-9237-176d3e94b39b,40271] - SUSTAINABILITY [03d38261-1c90-491b-bc4e-cc4e703e1dff,40269]);
- 2012-07-03 09:23:58.0 [tbs1979] insert Definition (id: null text: Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Encompasses, e.g. keeping population densities below the carrying capacity of a region, facilitating the renewal of renewable resources, conserving and establishing priorities for the use of non-renewable resources, and keeping environmental impact below the level required to allow affected systems to recover and continue to evolve. language code: en);
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/73266dd6-217a-432f-9237-176d3e94b39b
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