A HISTORY OF THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: LITERATURE REVIEW

Sustainable development- as a well defined concept- has emerged from a series of Conferences and Summits, where influential people have tried to come to an agreement on how to tackle the “burning issues ” of the 21st Century: poverty, increasing inequality, environmental and human health degradation. The present paper presents the most important “stages”, where the “actors ” have created and defined the concept of sustainable development and its principles. Key words: sustainable development, environment, economic growth