Year: 2009
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The universe we know today is a highly complex system with many different subsystems interacting with one another to form incredibly diverse patterns and relationships 1 .Anyone who would be interested to see beyond the boundaries of a village, country, the earth, or the whole solar system may start to identify these numerous viable interactions.Over the years the man, one of the most intelligent creatures on earth has understood this reality and tried to give interpretations for what he has seen around him, to answer many puzzles, and more importantly to face the challenges continuously faced by the hardships the surrounding induced upon him.Sustainability is a concept which has surfaced and stands upon many of such realities.Even though it's well recognized milestone in 20 th century, with the related concept of sustainable development, is much known and cited in sustainability literature, the essence of facing the challenge of survival, the suitable way of existence, the sense of noble path has been a question always hovered in the background and surfaced from time to time in many eras of human history at many different parts of the world.These have taken the form of beliefs or perceptions which sometimes evolved in to ideologies, philosophies or even religions.Stressing on such hard 1 We use the term system to mean an interdependent group of items forming a unified pattern
Author: Nadeeka, Niranji Satanarachchi
Institution: The University of Tokyo
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W92790676