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Graphic depiction of the Brundtland Commission's sustainable development triple-bottom-line Source: Sharma (2008)
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The greatest development feats in the world to date have been enabled
by infrastructure. Historically, infrastructure is a constant driver in the
development of societies. Yet, it remains the bane of development
worldwide today, especially in light of the world’s climatic, financial and
strategic challenges. The capacity and adequacy of infrastruct...
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... the context of Rio 1992, the famous definition of sustainable development by the Brundtland Commission has been widely used as the context or template for understanding, planning and governing SUD. The definition of sustainable as meeting "the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (WCED, 1987, p.8), is anchored on the 3-E pillars (or triple-bottom-line) shown in Figure 2, which is only one of numerous graphic depictions of the Brundtland template. Contributing to the sustainability discourse based on extensive community empowerment and advocacy work with grassroots communities in parts of the United States and Africa, Kolo (2010) argued that the 3-E Brundtland sustainable development framework becomes more implementable, and also more meaningfully, by embedding two additional 'Es' with Brundtland's 3-Es. ...
