naa a22 4500 510806384 CHVBK 20180411083420.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11625-013-0199-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11625-013-0199-3 Chang Chiung APEC Research Center for Typhoon and Society, 9F, No. 97, Sec. 1, Roosevelt Road, 10093, Taipei, Taiwan aut The disappearing sustainability triangle: community level considerations [Elektronische Daten] [Chiung Chang] This article challenges the application of the sustainability triangle to conceptualise sustainable development by looking at how weak sustainability can be obtained via the reinforcing increase in social capital and natural capital. Sustainable development is often visualised as a triangle consisting of social, environmental, and economic aspects. Would it be possible to conceive a flattened system, with diminishing economic resources or without refilling financial resources? The possibility involves mutual reinforcement between social capital and natural capital. The consideration of the diminishing economic dimension relates to the concept of development without economic growth, such as degrowth, zero-growth, and sustainable growth, that has been revived in the face of the recent economic crisis. Several countries have imposed extreme budget cuts in development collaboration and in other government expenditures. When the economic resource is not at a satisfactory level, can we rely on the reinforcement between social and environmental aspects for sustainability? Although it is not new to acknowledge the contribution of social capital to environmental conservation, research has long ignored the reinforcing relationship between environmental and social dimensions. This article provides a prototype model to demonstrate how social capital and natural capital can reinforce each other. The prototype is studied and verified at the community level using a comparative method. This article concludes with principles and practices that may encourage sustainability with merely the reinforcement between social capital and natural capital. Springer Japan, 2013 Sustainability triangle nationallicence Social capital nationallicence Natural capital nationallicence Degrowth nationallicence Community nationallicence Sustainability Science Springer Japan 8/2(2013-04-01), 227-240 1862-4065 8:2<227 2013 8 11625 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-013-0199-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-013-0199-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Chang Chiung APEC Research Center for Typhoon and Society, 9F, No. 97, Sec. 1, Roosevelt Road, 10093, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Sustainability Science Springer Japan 8/2(2013-04-01), 227-240 1862-4065 8:2<227 2013 8 11625 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer