Circles of Sustainability

Circles of sustainability taking into account the dimensions of ecology, economy, political and cultural. It is arguing that all except ecology, should be place under the dimension of social since these are about human being. Sustainability is not about well being of the people only, it is also about carrying capacity of the ecological system in harmony with fulfilling the need of the people. However, when it comes to making a choice between liveability and sustainability, people tend to place importance onto the well being instead of the environment. Hence, it is not surprisingly to note that some most liveable cities in the World today, are not ecologically sustainable. For example, the consumption of electricity and water is higher in these cities because people would like to have high end of life style. Thereby, it is arguable to examine exactly how sustainable a city is even though it is liveable. Most of the time since the inception of sustainable development concept and principles, we spoke about integrating and balancing the dimensions of social, environment and economy. However, the paradox is always how to make sure economical growth can be ensured and it possible to grow within the limit of the ecological system, and if not in which it happen most of the time, is to remedy it. That's why Kyoto Protocol was reached to reduce the carbon emission and was in relation to the GDP intensity. In this respect, we are merely talking about solutions of making our unsustainable urban development more sustainable.