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In the wake of the Brundtland report (1987) it was argued that 'development' ought to be able to accommodate 'sustainability'. The discussion of 'development' needed to be enlarged and a 'long view' taken of society/nature relations. During the last two decades this formulation has increasingly been called into question: critics of 'sustainable development' have argued that it is an oxymoron, and...