Strategic programmes for sustainable development of local communities

Abstract

The concept of sustainable development is recent one, but this problem has been dealt with by the humanity from its beginnings. Back in the ancient time, a number of thinkers already understood the truth that quality of life meant actually good health, material goods and regulated social life. Nowadays, this concept is thought about in a more specific way. A sustainable development theory has been developed and become a leading premise of human life quality at international level. The term 'sustainable development' is interpreted in various ways. Among the representatives of the futuristic elite of highly developed countries, the concept of sustainable development implies maintenance of production level and consumption of resources in this present time in order to stop the excessive consumption of natural resources and maintain the environment. This would, in fact, maintain the status of economic relations in the world and would conserve the status of privileged nations acquired at the time of great colonial empires.

Pojam održivi razvoj je novijeg datuma, ali se tom problematikom čovečanstvo bavilo od svojih začetaka. Još u antičko vreme su brojni mislioci sagledali istinu da kvalitet života čini zdravlje, materijalna dobra i uredan društveni život. U današnje vreme o tome se razmišlja na znatno konkretniji način. Naime razvijena je teorija održivog razvoja koja je na međunarodnom planu postala vodeća premisa kvaliteta života čovečanstva. Pojam 'održivi razvoj' se različito tumači. Među predstavnicima futurističke elite visoko razvijenih zemalja pod održivim razvojem se podrazumeva održavanje nivoa proizvodnje i potrošnje resursa na savremenom nivou kako bi se zaustavila prekomerna potrošnja prirodnih resursa i održalo stanje životne sredine. Time bi se, u suštini, održalo stanje ekonomskih odnosa u svetu i konzervirao status povlašćenih nacija stečen još u vreme velikih kolonijalnih imperija.