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Article: Sustainable development: a strategy that reflects the effects of globalization on the international power structure.
- Article from:
- Houston Journal of International Law
- Article date:
- September 22, 2000
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I. INTRODUCTION
All day they've raced round in the heat, at top speeds, Unsuccessfully trying to sell Zizzer-Zoof Seeds, Which nobody wants because nobody needs.(1)
The proponents of sustainable development, like the sellers of Zizzer-Zoof Seeds, are racing around unsuccessfully trying to generate public interest in a product that nobody seems to want. The concept of sustainable development refers to balancing economic growth with social and environmental concerns in order to ensure the continual availability of resources for the future.(2) Unlike Zizzer-Zoof Seeds, however, sustainable development is not only needed, it is essential to the long-term ...