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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – a type of socio-economic development that allows to ensure an adequate standard of living for present and future generations, assuming balancing economic goals with social goals within the scope of environmental limits. For this reason, the economic activity, the activity and the shape of the institutions should be properly programmed, and the size of the population should be maintained, and the availability of natural resources, the maintenance of ecosystems and life support systems should be ensured. The concept of eco-development is related to this. This concept was created in the second half of the 20th century and, according to it, the current economic development should not take place at the expense of resource depletion, destruction of the natural environment or deterioration of the standard of living for the next generations. At the same time, development should result in an increase in real income, improvement in the population’s health status, fair access to resources and improvement of the level of education. Elements of economic, social and environmental development should be balanced so as to equalize the quality of life in various countries around the world and increase its quality, including in the underdeveloped countries, effectively fight poverty, provide access to education, health care, while rationally managing natural resources and ensuring the protection of plants, animals and ecosystem species. S.d. should have self-supporting features and be of stable and permanent character, and should balance the above-described elements. There are seven dimensions to be distinguished: ecological (maximizing economic development, environmental protection), economic (economic development while maintaining all development factors), social (possibly an even distribution of well-being), psychological (increasing quality of life), demographic (maintaining a birth rate on a stable level), spatial (rational space management, taking into account the natural environment and cultural heritage), intertemporal (ensuring satisfying the needs of future generations) [ A. Jarosz ].

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