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The term sustainable development provides useful guidance on how economic development can be reconciled with protecting the natural environment and meeting social objectives. However, this rather tricky term is open to a number of interpretations ranging from strong/ecological to weak/technocratic. In the context of an old industrial region, evidence of movement towards strong sustainable development in four areas is discussed: radicalising democracy; promoting the local social economy; meeting basic needs; and encouraging biodiversity. The article explores why, in the light of sustained evidence of multiple social and environmental crises, these messages of strong, ecological sustainable development continue to be ignored and marginalized in formulating policy at the regional level.
Author(s): Chatterton P
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Regional Studies
Year: 2002
Volume: 36
Issue: 5
Pages: 552-561
Print publication date: 18/08/2010
ISSN (print): 0034-3404
ISSN (electronic): 1360-0591
Publisher: Routledge
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343400220137155
DOI: 10.1080/00343400220137155
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