sustainability
Let an agent explain sustainability as a concept and its dimensions, relay frameworks such as the Sustainable Development Goals and the Brundtland definition with attribution, describe domain-specific uses, and present debates and criticisms neutrally.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain sustainability as a concept and its dimensions, relay frameworks such as the Sustainable Development Goals and the Brundtland definition with attribution, describe domain-specific uses, and present debates and criticisms neutrally.
The capacity of a system or practice to be maintained over the long term without exhausting the resources or damaging the conditions on which it depends, applied to environmental, economic and social systems together, as in sustainable development defined by the Brundtland Commission as meeting present needs without compromising future generations; the term is also applied to specific domains such as cities, software, institutions and collections.
What it is for: Maintaining systems and practices over the long term.
It can be explain the concept and dimensions; relay frameworks and indicators; describe domain-specific uses; present debates with attribution.
Distinguishing features
Long-term perspective
Three dimensions
Frameworks and indicators
Contested meanings
What it looks like
Not a visible object; seen in policies, indicators, designs and reports.
Physical character
Sustainable Development Goals: 17 count - adopted 2015
How it is recognised
Long-term maintainability without depleting foundations
Environmental, economic and social dimensions
Resilience and efficiency are related but distinct concepts
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is pursued by - the policy programme
is measured by - in reporting
In practice
Families and kinds
environmental sustainability
economic sustainability
social sustainability
urban sustainability
sustainability of software, institutions and collections
sustainability transitions as a research field
environmental rule of law as a governance concept
Standards and regulation
UN Sustainable Development Goals
ISO 14001 and related management standards
Sustainability reporting standards such as GRI and ISSB
Environmental law frameworks
Failure modes and hazards
Greenwashing and vague claims
Trade-offs between dimensions ignored
Presenting contested definitions as settled
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.sustainability
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Concept What sustainability is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and dimensions.
Definition
Definition.
- What is sustainability, and what are its dimensions, as defined by major frameworks with attribution? definition
- Is the question about sustainability in general or a specific domain? boundary
Domains
Domain uses.
Domains
Domains.
- How is the concept applied to cities, software, institutions and collections? definition
- Which entry fits the specific domain? action
Frameworks Frameworks and measurement.
Sources.
Goals
Goals and standards.
Goals
Goals.
- What do the Sustainable Development Goals and management and reporting standards require? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific framework? action
Indicators
Indicators.
Indicators
Indicators.
- How is sustainability measured, and what do indicators show, with sources? measurement
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Debate Debates and critiques.
Attribution.
Critiques
Critiques.
Critiques
Critiques.
- What critiques of the concept exist, from weak versus strong sustainability to degrowth, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Greenwashing
Claims and greenwashing.
Greenwashing
Greenwashing.
- How are sustainability claims verified, and what rules address greenwashing? provenance
- Which entry fits greenwashing? action
Practice Practice and history.
Practice.
Transitions
Transitions.
Transitions
Transitions.
- What does research on sustainability transitions say about how systems change? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
History
History of the idea.
History
History.
- How did the idea develop from forestry and Brundtland to the SDGs? provenance
- Which entry fits sustainable development? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should each dimension or domain be a separate entry?
- How should indicator frameworks be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming domain-specific and governance concepts; should they be split off?