sustainable development between moral injunctions and natural constraints道德禁令和自然之间可持续发展约束.pdfVIP

Sustainability 2010, 2, 3608-3622; doi: 10.3390/su2113608 OPEN ACCESS sustainability ISSN 2071-1050 /journal/sustainability Review Sustainable Development: Between Moral Injunctions and Natural Constraints Charles Figuières 1,*, Hervé Guyomard 2 and Gilles Rotillon 3 1 INRA—LAMETA, 2 place Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France 2 INRA—Scientific Directorate for Agriculture, 147 rue de lUniversité, 75338 Paris Cedex 07, France; E-Mail: Herve.Guyomard@rennes.inra.fr (H.G.) 3 EconomiX, Université Paris Ouest, Nanterre—La Défense, Bâtiments K et G, 200, Avenue de la République, 92001 Nanterre Cedex, France; E-Mail: rotillon@u-paris10.fr (G.R.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: figuiere@supagro.inra.fr; Tel.: +33-(0)4-99-22-09; Fax: +33-(0)4-67-54-58-05. Received: 14 October 2010; in revised form: 8 November 2010 / Accepted: 17 November 2010 / Published: 22 November 2010 Abstract: Sustainable development must satisfy the needs of present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. Although it looks at the economic, environmental and social aspects of sustainability, this article focuses specifically on an analysis of the concept in conjunction with the use and protection of natural resources. It shows how taking account of environmental goods, including the finite nature of certain natural resources, can change the way economists deal with the issues of growth, development and equity between gener