Sustainability: Planning's Redemption or Curse?
Author: Michael Gunder, PhD
An excellent comment on how too often planners leave out the environmental and social equity components of sustainability in favor of the economy.
"Sustainability is often defined as a balance of the three E's: the environment, the economy, and social equity. But as planners embrace the concept, the sustainability 'balance' heavily favors one E: the economy. Michael Gunder warns that planners risk sacrificing the environment and social equity in the name of sustainable economic development."