sustainable

(adjective)

Able to be sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource.

Related Terms

  • natural resource

Examples of sustainable in the following topics:

  • Basic Economics of Natural Resources

    • By studying natural resources, economists learn how to develop more sustainable methods of managing resources to ensure that they are maintained for future generations.
    • The findings of natural resource economists are used by governments and organizations to better understand how to efficiently use and sustain natural resources.
    • Depletion: the using up of natural resources, which is considered to be a global sustainable development issue.
    • The findings of economists help governments and organization develop measures of protection to sustain natural resources.
    • Natural resource economics focuses on the demand, supply, and allocation of natural resources to increase sustainability.
  • National Security Argument

    • National security protectionist arguments pertain to the risk of dependency upon other nations for economic sustainability.
    • Economic interdependence and globalization has resulted in a system, where each country is largely dependent upon other countries for economic sustainability (though to varying degrees).
    • This highlights a critical protectionist argument pertaining to the very real risk of dependency upon other nations for economic sustainability.
  • Determinants of Long-Run Growth

    • Long-run growth is defined as the sustained rise in the quantity of goods and services that an economy produces.
    • Long-run growth is defined as the sustained rise in the quantity of goods and services that an economy produces.
  • Introduction to Monetary and Fiscal Policy

    • Much of the history of economic policy in the United States since the Great Depression of the 1930s has involved a continuing effort by the government to find a mix of fiscal and monetary policies that will allow sustained growth and stable prices.
    • But the government has gotten better at promoting sustainable growth.
  • Externalities and Impacts on Resource Allocation

    • Developed countries use more natural resources and must enact sustainable development plan for the use of resources.
    • Assuming that natural resources are used and also sustained, the external benefits of goods produced by natural resources impacts the majority of the public in a positive way.
  • Types of Natural Resources

    • Learning about the role of natural resources allows for the development of more sustainable methods to manage resources and make sure that they are maintained for future generations.The goal of natural resource economics is to develop an efficient economy that is sustainable in the long-run .
    • For this reason, natural resource economics focuses on understanding the role of natural resources in the economy in order to develop a sufficient and sustainable economy that protects natural resources.
  • How Stock Prices Are Determined

    • When speculative fever can no longer be sustained, prices start to fall.
  • From Protectionism to Liberalized Trade

    • "Nations cannot produce on a level to sustain their people and well-being unless they have reasonable opportunities to trade with one another," explained then-Secretary of State Cordell Hull.
  • Macroeconomics

    • Sustainability occurs when an economy achieves a rate of growth which allows an increase in living standards without undue structural and environmental difficulties.
  • Government Action

    • In a government monopoly, an agency under the direct authority of the government itself holds the monopoly, and the monopoly is sustained by the enforcement of laws and regulations that ban competition or reserve exclusive control over factors of production to the government.
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