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This 4 page paper discuses how ecologists, sociologists and economists perceive sustainable development. The essay begins with a definition of sustainable development and the economic, ecological and social objectives within the concept. The writer also comments on the need for disciplines to integrate and work together. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (2001). The World Bank offered a triangle to explain the objectives of sustainable development: * Economic objectives: growth,
equity and efficiency (McNeill, 2001). * Ecological objectives: ecosystem integration, carrying capacity, biodiversity and global issues (McNeill, 2001). * Social objectives: empowerment, participation, social mobility, social cohesion and institutional development
(McNeill, 2001). These three would also reflect the perspectives of economists, ecologists and sociologists if they were to discuss sustainable development in terms of their own fields of expertise. Sociologists,
or more specifically, anthropologists are interested in the how human interact with each other in terms of making meaning of the world (McNeill, 2001). There is a focus and emphasis
on the collective, rather than the individual (McNeill, 2001). Nature becomes both a resource and a constraint, nature is also a locus of meaning (McNeill, 2001). Economists also look at
how humans interact with each other as "rational, self-interested, autonomous, maximizing) decision-makers" (McNeill, 2001). The focus and emphasis is on the individual (McNeill, 2001). Economists also view nature as a
resource or a constraint (McNeill, 2001). Ecologists are concerned about human beings as a species who interact as biological beings with their own species, with other species and with the
inorganic environment (McNeill, 2001). The focus "is on whole as a system" (McNeill, 2001). We find both similarities and differences between and among these three perspectives. One commonality is the
study of humans in terms of interaction, the other similarity is that nature plays a role. The differences include what nature means in each perspective and being concerned with the
individual or the collective, the whole of a species. Economists do not agree among themselves (Bergh and Mooij, n.d.). Some believe that increasing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will definitely lead
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