How is carrying capacity related to sustainability?

Sustainability encompasses both environmental limitations and quality of life and an appropriate definition of sustainability for the built environment has been developed by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). read more

So, in the context of sustainability, carrying capacity is the size of the population that can be supported indefinitely upon the available resources and services of supporting natural, social, human, and built capital. read more

UNESCO – EOLSS SAMPLE CHAPTERS INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – Carrying Capacity and Sustainability: Waking Malthus Ghost - William E. Rees ©Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) read more