ABSTRACT
of sustainable development are satisfied (e.g. ancient wetland is destroyed in the course of development and substituted by an equivalent area of newly created water space and fringing vegetation). Weak sustainability fails to incorporate a commitment to social inclusion and citizenship through redistribution, democratisation and empowerment, and functions mainly at the ideological level with the media and education used to enlist support. The private sector and the state offer various forms of public consultation and participation to help legitimate the new mode of regulation (e.g. Local Agenda 21) and these can be used to advance stronger alternatives.
