「環境と福祉」の統合と持続可能な発展 The integration of environment and welfare for sustainable development

While many have long complained that sustainable development is difficultto define, our knowledge of what sustainability and/or sustainabledevelopment means has increased considerably, while it is developmentthat has in many ways become more difficult to define. In addition, the challenges of the integration of sustainability and development are moredifficult than understood at the time of Bruntdland because of globalization.We seek to retrieve the ideas of sustainable development, equitywithin and across generations, places and social groups; ecological integrity;and human well-being and quality of life, via a reconstructive exercise. Advantages and future tasks of integrated approach of environmentand welfare for sustainable development is discussed.