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Mainstreaming the ‘Brown’ Agenda

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  • Pranita Shrestha

    (Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney, Wilkinson GO4, NSW 2006, Australia)

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‘Sustainable development’ is a term that came into use after the Brundtland Commission’s report on global environment and development in 1987. This term is also referred to as an ‘oxymoron’ as it comprises two words ‘sustainable’ and ‘development’ that are in many ways contradictory to each other—well illustrated by the clear divisions between the ‘green’ and the ‘brown’ agendas. This paper attempts to empirically represent this contradictory nature of the term through a specific case of ecological protection of a river versus human well-being of squatters within the context of a developing country in South Asia. The paper argues for the need to explicitly emphasize the justice aspect of sustainable development through mainstreaming the ‘brown’ agenda.

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  • Pranita Shrestha, 2019. "Mainstreaming the ‘Brown’ Agenda," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(23), pages 1-12, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:11:y:2019:i:23:p:6660-:d:290647
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