ABSTRACT
The battle cry for sustainable development in our globalized world is persistent in all circles, gaining acceptance as the guiding rationale for activities and processes in the scientifi c, technological, environmental, economical, societal, and political interfaces, targeting improvement and growth. Such activities are expected to result in higher standards of living, leading eventually to a better quality of life for our increasingly technology-dependent modern society. Models of sustainable development and exemplary systems of sustainable management and applications are continually being developed or adapted and creatively applied, taking into consideration, more than before, human needs, rather than wants on the one hand, and long-versus short-term benefi ts and trade-offs on the other.
