In the process of weighting the urban (or environmental) sustainability assessment indicators, high weights are attributed to thematic categories affecting society and culture in developing countries, while in developed countries high weights are attributed to the topics related to the environment and energy, why?
This is one of the problems that are most discussed on the issue of sustainable development, I would like to start by expressing that for me it is clear that sustainable development is not a technological problem, it is a social problem where the culture of each society is decisive. to reach sustainability. What is sustainable for one culture does not have to be for another, using skins to cover the cold may seem to someone who lives in the warm zones an ecological genocide, but for someone who lives in the cold areas it is a vital need for development . Culture is a factor in development to the same extent that it can slow down or contribute to facilitating actions for sustainability because man is essentially a cultural being. In both underdeveloped and developed countries this is the logic that is imposed. I do not know what you mean by environment, for me it is a set of biotic, abiotic and socioeconomic elements, nature does not make any sense without society, so much so that when we talk about the environment we talk about humanized nature. The energy indicator is the same, a result of our technological development, of our culture and its energy consumption and of a unique way of conceiving life that is unknown to national cultures and identities. There are societies where this problem does not exist, everything depends on the level of development of each society and its culture. I hope to contribute with these ideas to solve your question.
Culture, defined in its broadest sense, is the totality of a society’s distinctive ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge: it exhibits the ways humans interpret their environments. Culture is a powerful driver and an enabler: placing culture at the heart of development policy at local, national, regional, and global levels is a pre-condition to successful, sustainable processes; it is also an essential investment in the future.
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