Sustainable development is all about ensuring a better quality of life for everyone, now and for generations to come. This can be achieved through the three strands of
social equity which recognises the needs of everyone, maintenance of stable levels of
economic growth and employment, and using natural resources prudently, whilst protecting, and if possible enhancing, the
environment. This can be shown diagrammatically as follows:
[source: http://www.ciria.org/complianceplus/sustainability.htm]
The Transportation Association of Canada has a similar definition of sustainability that can be found here, along with 12 principles of sustainable transportation planning:
http://www.tac-atc.ca/english/pdf/sustainable%2Denglish.pdf
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