Definitions for "Ecologically Sustainable Development"
a policy of development that improves the total quality of life, both now and into the future, in a way that maintains the integrity of ecological processes.
development that improves the total quality of life, both now and in the future, in a way that maintains the ecological processes on which life depends (for the ESD core objectives and guiding principles, see Council of Australian Governments 1992b)
Ecologically sustainable development - development that improves the quality of life, both now and in the future, in a way that maintains the ecological processes on which life depends.