This paper develops a framework to determine the sustainability of a general activity. We define an activity as an action or process that uses one or more resources and that responds either wholly or partially to a demand. A definition for sustainability is developed and is contingent on whether or not an activity can be sustained according to the available resources, the duration of an activit...

In this paper, we discuss Armstrong’s account of attachment-based claims to natural resources, the kind rights that follow from claims, and limits should impose on such claims. We hope clarify how why attachment matters in discourse resource by presenting three challenges theory. First, question normative basis for certain trying distinguish more clearly between different kinds other Second, hi...

Various decision support methods are used to support the sustainable use of natural resources, but there is little evidence about these methods’ actual performances. In this study, 35 carefully selected papers assessing the sustainable use of natural resources were evaluated. The evaluated papers utilized one of the following methods: optimization, costbenefit analysis (CBA) and monetary valuat...