Sustainable Development involves ensuring that allocation and use of resources is based on balanced social, economic and environmental priorities, with the aim of balancing the needs of present and future generations. In recent decades, sustainable development has been widely promoted as a holistic concept which aims or targets to integrate social, economic and cultural policies to ensure balanced growth. However, as the two dedicated units in this module will explore in detail, there are barriers combating the implementation of sustainable development.

This module largely aims to focus on the question: ‘What prevents sustainable development from happening?’