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Douglas Aghimien
Department of Civil Engineering Technology
University of Johannesburg
Doornfontein
MODULE OUTLINE
• Introduction to Sustainability
• Defining and Understanding the concept of sustainability and sustainable
development. Defining of sustainability related terms
• History of Sustainability
• History of Unsustainability, theoretical advances and institutionalisation of
sustainability
• Global Challenges as ‘Wicked’ Problems
Test dates
Test 1 - 29th of August 2022 from 10:30 – 12:00
Test 2 - 17th of October 2022 from 10:30 – 12:00
Assignment Submission
26th October 2022
WHAT IS
SUSTAINABILTY
Overview of Sustainability
From the standard dictionary definitions of ‘sustainable’ or
‘sustainability’, sustainability does not have a rigid ‘one size fits all’
definition, it generally refers to the ability for something to last for a
long time or indefinitely .
Natural resources
• They include the soil, the water, the atmosphere, the sunlight,
and even the biosphere.
Natural resources (cont’d)