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The discussion about environmental engineering, should be placed also in the context of the idea of sustainable development. This idea gives us constraints on expansion, and on allowable technological actions in the environment. The article presents possibilities of introducing sustainable development in Poland.
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Pawłowski, A. (2003). Introducing Sustainable Development — A Polish Perspective. In: Pawłowski, L., Dudzińska, M.R., Pawłowski, A. (eds) Environmental Engineering Studies. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8949-9_34
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