caa a22 4500 469056444 CHVBK 20180323132845.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01965414 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01965414 Sustainable development: Scientific and ethical assessments [Elektronische Daten] [Mario Giampietro, Sandra Bukkens] The problem of assessing the sustainability of human development is discussed in theoretical and practical terms. In Part I, two theoretical tools for describing the challenge of assessing sustainable development are introduced and briefly discussed: (i) the use of an energetic model to describe the dynamic interaction between the human and the biophysical compartment; (ii) basic concepts derived from the hierarchy theory applied to the development of human society. Sustainable and ethical development of human society requires the consideration of three hierarchical levels: the biosphere, the societal and the individual level. Such a holistic assessment can be obtained by integrating scientific and ethical considerations. In Part II, data illustrating the current terms of the dilemma of human development are presented and discussed within the theoretical frame provided in Part I. It is argued that even if we had a better understanding of the consequeces of human activity on the biosphere, current modes of organization of human society and its economic activity do not readily enable adequate planning for the sustainable development of mankind. Ideologies that can bias the discussion and the assessment of sustainable and ethical development are discussed. No solution is at hand; therefore, when we consider human development today, we are facing a high level of uncertainty. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 1992 sustainable development nationallicence natural resource management nationallicence assessment of technology nationallicence hierarchy theory nationallicence energy analysis nationallicence Giampietro Mario Istituto Nazionale della Nutrizione, Rome, Italy aut Bukkens Sandra International Foundation for Ecological Economics, OIKOS, Siena, Italy aut Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/1(1992-03-01), 27-57 1187-7863 5:1<27 1992 5 10806 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01965414 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01965414 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Giampietro Mario Istituto Nazionale della Nutrizione, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bukkens Sandra International Foundation for Ecological Economics, OIKOS, Siena, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/1(1992-03-01), 27-57 1187-7863 5:1<27 1992 5 10806 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer