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Projects Overview (Explanations) Transformative Approaches Project (Explanations) Inter-sectoral Strategic Dilemmas of Sustainable Development Configuring strategic dilemmas in intersectoral dialogue | See commentary and significance of 2-domain dilemma codes (Fig. 1b) used in the table below, as well as use of 3-domain codes in its icosidodecahedral representation (Fig. 3A and 3B). These are all parts of a separate report (Configuring Globally and Contending Locally: shaping the global network of local bargains by decoding and mapping Earth Summit inter-sectoral issues, 1992, 5 mb PDF). For other tables on strategies see: confidence ploys; value-based; typology for sustainable development; Chinese strategems Fig. 1a: Inter-sectoral Strategic Dilemmas of Sustainable Development Privileged  function    Constrained function Population Security  P Well-being Health  W Learning  Education  L Production Trade  T Environment Impacts  E Regulation Equity  R UN Bodies Sectors Population/Relief Security/Peace  Vulnerable groups  Women/Youth P Sacrifice of one population group for another? PP Sacrifice of population relief/growth for well- being of population? WP Sacrifice of population relief/growth for ducation, research, etc? LP Sacrifice of population relief/growth for economic growth? TP Sacrifice of  population relief/growth for environment? EP Sacrifice of population relief/growth for equity? RP UNFPA, UNV  Security Cl  UNICEF, UNHCR  INSTRAW Relief  Military,Peace  Indigenous  Women,Youth Well-being/Health  Employment (condit.)  Quality of life  Welfare/Fulfilment W Sacrifice of well-being (+jobs) for population relief/growth? PW Sacrifice of one form of well-being for another? WW Sacrifice of well-being (+jobs) for education, research? LW Sacrifice of well-being (+jobs) for economic growth? TW Sacrifice of well-being (+jobs) for environment? EW Sacrifice of well-being (+jobs) for equity? RW WHO  ILO  HABITAT,UNRISD Health  Labour  Religions Learning/Education  Science/Research  Culture/Arts/Lang.  Inform./Communic. L Sacrifice of education (+culture) for population relief/growth? PL Sacrifice of education (+culture) for well-being? WL Sacrifice of one form of education for another? LL Sacrifice of education (+culture) for economic growth? TL Sacrifice of education (+culture) for environment? EL Sacrifice of education (+culture) for equity? RL UNESCO, WIPO  UNU, UNITAR  UPU,ITU,ACCIS Students  Science  Media/Information Production/Trade  Industry/Technology  Agriculture/Fish.  Energy/Mining T Sacrifice of production (+trade) for population relief/growth? PT Sacrifice ofproduction (+trade) for well-being? WT Sacrifice of production (+trade) for education, research? LT Sacrifice of one form of production for another? TT Sacrifice of production (+trade) for environment? ET Sacrifice of production (+trade) for equity? RT UNDP, UNCTAD  UNIDO,GATT  FAO,WFP,IFAD  IAEA Development  Industry/  Commerce Environment/Impact Ecosystems/Species  Urban. / Transport  Design/Landscaping E Sacrifice of environment for population relief/growth? PE Sacrifice of environment for well- being? WE Sacrifice of environment for education, research? LE Sacrifice of environment for economic growth? TE Sacrifice of one environmental benefit for another? EE Sacrifice of environment for equity? RE UNEP, UNESCO  HABITAT, WMO  ICAO, IMO Environment  Conservation  Architects Regulation/Equity Govern./Mgt./Admin. Justice/Order  Finance/Debt Mgt. R Sacrifice of equity for population relief/growth? PR Sacrifice of equity for well-being? WR Sacrifice of equity for education, research, etc? LR Sacrifice of equity for economic growth? TR Sacrifice of equity for environment? ER Sacrifice of one form of equity for another? RR ECOSOC, ACC  UNDP  ICJ  IBRD,IMF NGO coalit.  Law, Rights  Finance/Banks   Column and row headings correspond to major clusters of functions essential to the sustainable development of society. Words used to label the scope of clusters are necessarily inadequate at the level of generality indicated. The clusters could be "unpacked" to give more columns and rows. Cluster label words would then become more specifically appropriate. The cells of the table indicate fundamental dilemmas of sustainable development. Sacrifices must be made in the process of change and transformation. The dilemma is the level of the sacrifice that is appropriate. Sustainability is determined by the balance between the various forms of sacrifice and the constraints that they impose on one another. The columns/rows can be thought of in terms of values, logics or languages which successively confront each other. Sectors in right hand column are mainly those represented at the Rio de Janeiro Inter-Sectoral Dialogue From Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

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