Abstract

ARBOIT, Mariela Edith  and  DE ROSA, Carlos. Alcanzar la sostenibilidad ambiental, global y local del hábitat humano: el imperativo fundamental en el siglo XXI: Primera parte. Cuad. urbano [online]. 2014, vol.16, n.16, pp.157-184. ISSN 1853-3655.

This paper reviews the historical construction of the concept of sustainability by exploring thoughts, opinions and proposals on environmental issues, with the goal that this analysis will help to explore concepts that bring us closer to a more sustainable development strategy. The fundamental importance of the sustainable development of human society in relation to its ecological support is confirmed through the interrelated issues of habitat and energy. Of these issues, in terms of their dominance in relation to sustainable development, the paper includes: the uncontrolled growth of world population, the increasing rate of urbanization, the intensive use of non-renewable natural resources, the waste emission of pollutants and the inequitable quality of life of urban populations. The paper attempts a brief historical overview of the evolution of the concept of sustainability, as well as of the intellectual contributions that have helped to shape and to demonstrate the complex alternative future scenarios of the human condition on Earth. In doing so, it hopes to make a modest contribution to helping both to find our way to a new paradigm of "sustainable society" and to engage in the search for alternatives that can mean an approach to achieving environmental, global and local sustainability of the human habitat.

Keywords : Sustainable development; Evolution of the concept of sustainability; Sustainability; Human habitat; Habitat and energy.

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