Industrialized vs Developing Economies

In his article, “Environmental Sustainability in the Context of Third World Economic Development: Constraints and Possibilities” available online at: http://ideas.repec.org/a/maj/ ancoec/ v9y1994i2p31-37.html#abstract, Michael A. Burayidi from the University of Wisconsin argues “that sustainable environments cannot be achieved in the third world unless the living standards of residents in the third world are raised substantially to enable them to achieve a critical minimum standard of living.” If this is true and we, as environmental managers, seek to move toward a more sustainable future, then we may need to understand how disparities between industrialized and developing economies impact our ability to succeed as environmental managers?

A potential goal of this subtopic collaboratory may be to establish expectations for the profession regarding how and under what circumstances we become involved.

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