WORKSHOP

All institutions of Civil Engineers believe that Sustainable Development is central. This has been defined in many ways, but the most quoted is on our common future, Brundtland Report: "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs".

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Topic of Workshop: Sustainable Development
Two key concepts:
i) concept of needs, the needs of the world's poor, their overriding priority should be given.
ii) limitations of the technology and social organization on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs.