Dear All,
However, I like Michael’s comment, trade-offs can be considered variously. E.g. luxurious human demands are unnecessary: expensive and energy, material wasting appliances, clothes, everyday bathing, throwing away food etc.
Need for discussion on discussion on sustainable development arose because of the trade-offs societies and economies have been experiencing, e.g. high growth rate but large environmental damage.The path of sustainable development is the one that overtime reduces the conflicts and tradeoffs between goals.
Dear Karobi,
It seems that, to a certain point, there might be a trade off. In the next source: Moran, D. D., Wackernagel, M., Kitzes, J. A., Goldfinger, S. H., y Boutaud, A. (2008). Measuring sustainable development - Nation by nation. Ecological Economics , 470-474.
They show that there is a trade off between the Human Development Index and the Ecological Footprint. However, you can find countries that accomplish with both indexes. You can also find a more updated work here --> http://www.footprintnetwork.org/2015/09/23/eight-countries-meet-two-key-conditions-sustainable-development-united-nations-adopts-sustainable-development-goals/
I hope I helped you
All the best
I feel that there are plenty trade-offs in the sense that different stakeholders who are involved see different policies that serve their interests best. I think that it is very dangerous to assume that everybody right away would agree with sustainable development as a goal. Many companies would find arguments why to pay their workers very little, or companies would find arguments, why they cannot afford the filters to clean the air, or to treat liquid wastes. To make the world more sustainable includes to put oneself int he shoes of those stakeholders who benefit from non-sustainable production. One also need to understand that those who introduce sustainable practices suffer when competitors don't do the same. 'A good deed rarely remains unpunished'. Keeping all this in mind then it might be justified to talk of trade-offs of sustainable practices, although I hope that such practices find more and more distribution. Some literature that might be able to further contribute:
J., Cooper; T., Ryley; A., Smyth
Energy Trade-offs and Market Responses in Transport and Residential Land-use Patterns: Promoting Sustainable Development Policy
Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
Urban Studies
Year:2001
Month:8
Day:1
Volume:38
Issue:9
First page:1573
Last page:1588
Donevska, Natasha
Trade-offs in sustainable urban development: the case of Skopje
Springer-Verlag
Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
Year:2015
Brandi, Clara A.
Sustainability Standards and Sustainable Development - Synergies and Trade-Offs of Transnational Governance
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Sustainable Development
Year:2016
Kanter, David R.; Musumba, Mark; Wood, Sylvia L.R.; Palm, Cheryl; Antle, John; Balvanera, Patricia; Dale, Virginia H.; Havlik, Petr; Kline, Keith L.; Scholes, R.J.; Thornton, Philip; Tittonell, Pablo; Andelman, Sandy
Evaluating agricultural trade-offs in the age of sustainable development
Elsevier
Agricultural Systems
Year:2016
Month:10
Bowen, Kathryn J; Cradock-Henry, Nicholas A; Koch, Florian; Patterson, James; Häyhä, Tiina; Vogt, Jess; Barbi, Fabiana
Implementing the “Sustainable Development Goals”: towards addressing three key governance challenges—collective action, trade-offs, and accountability
Elsevier
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Year:2017
Month:06
Day:
Volume:26-27
Issue:
First page:90
Last page:96
Singh, Gerald G.; Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M.; Swartz, Wilf; Cheung, William; Guy, J. Adam; Kenny, Tiff-Annie; McOwen, Chris J.; Asch, Rebecca; Geffert, Jan Laurens; Wabnitz, Colette C.C.; Sumaila, Rashid; Hanich, Quentin; Ota, Yoshitaka
A rapid assessment of co-benefits and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals
Elsevier
Marine Policy
Year:2017
Month:6
WORLD BANK
Sustainable Land Management: Challenges, Opportunities, and Trade-Offs (Agriculture and Rural Development)
2006
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