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The debate about the definition and the meaning of the sustainable development concept has been going on for more than 20 years.1 The most well-known definition concerns the problem in a global perspective, whereas the implications of the concept in a regional context may have some specific features. Nevertheless, the basic principles of sustainable development preserve their importance as a general guideline for the formulation of a policy at the regional level as well. These are demands for I) ecological sustainability, which implies maintaining the economy at a scale that does not damage the ecological processes and functions; 2) improving the quality of life of the present generation without denying future generations a similar opportunity; 3) an efficient functioning of an economic system which is able to produce a surplus and technological knowledge in a self-contained way (WCED 1987; UNEP 1992; Costanza 1994: 393).
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Didyk, V., Wiberg, U. (1998). Sustainable Investment Policies in the Murmansk Region. In: Hedegaard, L., Lindström, B., Joenniemi, P., Östhol, A., Peschel, K., Stålvant, CE. (eds) The Nebi Yearbook 1998. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58886-0_7
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