Introduction
The term “sustainability” has multiple meanings and uses in relation to cultural heritage. Most frequently, the term is employed in conjunction with or as part of such concepts as sustainable preservation, sustainable development, or sustainable tourism, though these concepts in practice overlap and are closely intertwined.
Definition
Sustainable Development
These concepts of sustainability derive from and grow out of the World Commission on Environment and Development’s (the Brundtland Commission) 1986 report Our Common Future. That report defined sustainable development as “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” (The term sustainable development first appeared in 1972 at the United Nations Conference on Human Environment in Stockholm.) This definition, while vague, called attention well to the problem of overexploitation and damage of natural resources in the pursuit of economic...
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Coben, L.S. (2014). Sustainability and Cultural Heritage. In: Smith, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_1935
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