| Author/ source |
Notion |
Restrictions |
| The United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development |
Development that meets the needs of the present generation without reducing the ability of future generations to meet their needs (Bruntland, 1988). |
The key criterion for sustainability is the introduction of restrictions in the field of exploitation of natural resources. |
| Zagaynova М. |
Gradual unification into a single self-organizing system of economic, ecological and social components (Zayganova, 2007). |
Balance between the level of quality of life of the society and economic growth is impossible in conditions of environmental restrictions. |
| The Concept of Transition of the Russian Federation to Sustainable Development |
Sustainable social and economic development that does not destroy its natural basis [The concept of the transition of the Russian Federation to sustainable development. Approved by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation on April 1, 1996, No. 440.] |
The criterion of sustainability is only the environmental sustainability of the economic system and does not take into account the influence and change of the social factor in the transition process, as well as market efficiency. |
| Bobylev S. |
High social and ecological "quality" of economic growth, in other words, the growth of the economy while ensuring social development and preservation of the environment (Bobylev, 2011) |
Absence of a unified system of indicators that comprehensively reflect the level of sustainability. The main reason is the lack of the necessary statistical database, the absence of a single mechanism to combine quantitative and qualitative indicators |
