Crisis of the urban development process and the ecological, economic and social sustainability
Diverse theoretical efforts have been made in order to understand the urban problematic related to sustainability. Among them is an analysis that highlight an inadequacy about the sustainability concept which is only limited to an ecological matter and it not considers that the most important issue...
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| description | Diverse theoretical efforts have been made in order to understand the urban problematic related to sustainability. Among them is an analysis that highlight an inadequacy about the sustainability concept which is only limited to an ecological matter and it not considers that the most important issue is political and social.
This has explained the failure of several international meetings about the matter, when the contradiction has not been considered in the capitalist system where the economic interest and interest in sustainability contrasts. Then, in the political and social field is
where many efforts should be channeled as urban regional research priorities for the next decade. In this regard, most of the academic analysis have been focused on two main aspects: on the one hand, those who consider that the solution to the sustainability problem lies in the change of the relations of production, without clearly specifying what this means; and
on the other hand, the analyses that estimate the relevance of making changes inside of the capitalist system where the State would play an important role. In both cases a mental change is required to dealing with the problem of sustainability and new forms of population participation to perform it.
Muchos esfuerzos teóricos se han realizado para comprender la problemática urbana vinculada con la sustentabilidad. Entre ellos hay análisis que destacan la insuficiencia de la definición del concepto sustentabilidad cuando éste es reducido únicamente al aspecto de la ecología sin considerar que el problema más importante es político y social. Esto ha explicado el fracaso de
muchas reuniones internacionales sobre el tema, cuando no se ha considerado la contradicción en el sistema capitalista donde se contrapone el interés económico y el interés por la sustentabilidad. Es entonces en el terreno político y social donde muchos esfuerzos deben canalizarse como prioridades de investigación urbano regional para la próxima década. En este sentido una gran parte del análisis académico se ha concentrado en dos vertientes principales: por una parte, aquellos que
consideran que la solución al problema de la sustentabilidad
radica en el cambio de las relaciones de producción,
sin especificar claramente que se entiende por esto; y por
otra parte, los análisis que estiman la pertinencia de realizar cambios al interior del sistema capitalista en donde el Estado jugaría un papel importante. En los dos casos se requiere un cambio de mentalidad para abordar el problema de la sustentabilidad y nuevas formas de participación de la población para realizarla. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-254129124d4448e9914034d12d5d42a62022-12-22T00:21:13ZengUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónContexto: Revista de la Facultad de Arquitectura Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León2007-16392007-16392016-03-0110123947Crisis of the urban development process and the ecological, economic and social sustainabilityLopez Estrada, Raul Eduardo0Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo LeonDiverse theoretical efforts have been made in order to understand the urban problematic related to sustainability. Among them is an analysis that highlight an inadequacy about the sustainability concept which is only limited to an ecological matter and it not considers that the most important issue is political and social. This has explained the failure of several international meetings about the matter, when the contradiction has not been considered in the capitalist system where the economic interest and interest in sustainability contrasts. Then, in the political and social field is where many efforts should be channeled as urban regional research priorities for the next decade. In this regard, most of the academic analysis have been focused on two main aspects: on the one hand, those who consider that the solution to the sustainability problem lies in the change of the relations of production, without clearly specifying what this means; and on the other hand, the analyses that estimate the relevance of making changes inside of the capitalist system where the State would play an important role. In both cases a mental change is required to dealing with the problem of sustainability and new forms of population participation to perform it. Muchos esfuerzos teóricos se han realizado para comprender la problemática urbana vinculada con la sustentabilidad. Entre ellos hay análisis que destacan la insuficiencia de la definición del concepto sustentabilidad cuando éste es reducido únicamente al aspecto de la ecología sin considerar que el problema más importante es político y social. Esto ha explicado el fracaso de muchas reuniones internacionales sobre el tema, cuando no se ha considerado la contradicción en el sistema capitalista donde se contrapone el interés económico y el interés por la sustentabilidad. Es entonces en el terreno político y social donde muchos esfuerzos deben canalizarse como prioridades de investigación urbano regional para la próxima década. En este sentido una gran parte del análisis académico se ha concentrado en dos vertientes principales: por una parte, aquellos que consideran que la solución al problema de la sustentabilidad radica en el cambio de las relaciones de producción, sin especificar claramente que se entiende por esto; y por otra parte, los análisis que estiman la pertinencia de realizar cambios al interior del sistema capitalista en donde el Estado jugaría un papel importante. En los dos casos se requiere un cambio de mentalidad para abordar el problema de la sustentabilidad y nuevas formas de participación de la población para realizarla.http://contexto.uanl.mx/pdf/num12/3.pdfUrban developmentenvironmental sustainabilityeconomic sustainabilitysocial sustainability |
| spellingShingle | Lopez Estrada, Raul Eduardo Crisis of the urban development process and the ecological, economic and social sustainability Contexto: Revista de la Facultad de Arquitectura Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Urban development environmental sustainability economic sustainability social sustainability |
| title | Crisis of the urban development process and the ecological, economic and social sustainability |
| title_full | Crisis of the urban development process and the ecological, economic and social sustainability |
| title_fullStr | Crisis of the urban development process and the ecological, economic and social sustainability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crisis of the urban development process and the ecological, economic and social sustainability |
| title_short | Crisis of the urban development process and the ecological, economic and social sustainability |
| title_sort | crisis of the urban development process and the ecological economic and social sustainability |
| topic | Urban development environmental sustainability economic sustainability social sustainability |
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