Life Style and Sustainable Development

Growth and development are the permanent goals of various societies. But, there is a question: How can we access to development? After World War II, the improvements of social and economic situation were followed as a major goal. Therefore, the developed countries find the way of development and innovation in economical development, equality and social justice. According to this viewpoint, development occurs when social and economic development is sustained. In the last decades, sustainable economic development is more attended in most scientific societies. Social, political and economic sciences as well as biosciences are more focused on sustainable development and its effective factors. Sustainable development is an organized factor that leads to keeping renewable and restricted recourses on earth (1). The most common definition of sustainable development is: “Sustainable development is development which meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (2). According to this definition, various predictors can be imagined for sustainable development: poverty, health, education, demographic characteristics, environmental and natural factors, economical development, climate, national production as well as happiness or well-being (3, 4). Traditionally, economic, social and environmental developments are the most important predictors of sustainable development. These factors have a tight relation with each other (Fig. 1). Fig. 1: Key predictors of sustained development (5)