Sustainability: exploring the processes and outcomes of governance

摘要: Process and outcome: an introduction The concept of sustainable development commands wide, almost universal, support. idea sustaining human resonates with strongly held convictions in every society about the present future. It does so, large part, because as individuals we tend to be instinctively averse losing anything. Indeed, social scientists tell us that most people are much more than they open possibility gaining. Hence do not wish, either collectively or individually, lose what already have our environment society. But ever since principle was first articulated (for example Our Common Future by Brundtland Commission 1987), promoting wellbeing while simultaneously conserving natural has proven highly elusive. In fact, sought develop sustainably, it come realise immensity change implies for societies. Sustainable – sustainability (we regard two being synonymous) challenges understand nature resources on which ultimately depend. also articulate act values inherent relationship nature. We meet both these through institutions allow collective action governing it. Both processes outcomes relationships critical.