620 KB47 KB196520252011Plut, Dušanletnik:48številka:jubilejnastr. 1139-1155, 1384ISSN:0040-3598COBISSID:30731869URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-TJ3G1ICDslFakulteta za sociologijo, politične vede in novinarstvo v LjubljaniTeorija in praksaEconomic growthEcosystemEkonomska rastEkosistemenvironmental protectionGlobalizacijaGlobalizationSloveniaSlovenijaSustainable developmentTrajnostni razvojvarstvo okoljaPlanetarni ekosistem in Slovenija kot žrtveni ovci razvojnega modela trajne rasti|The paper presents the global and regional environmental impact of the developmental model of permanent (quantitative) growth. The constantly increasing anthropogenic material and energy flows of recent decades have exceeded the regenerative and neutralising capacities of the planet's ecosystem, and environmental globalisation is the sum result of excessive environmental impacts. Should the developmental model of permanent growth continue for the next 50 years, pressures on the environment would increase by several times, while the carrying capacity of the environment could even be slightly reduced. The long-term welfare of humanity, of future generations and ecosystems, can only be guaranteed by a developmental model which is environmentally sustainable, i.e. observing the limitations or capacities of natural systems. Therefore, biophysical restrictions should be imposed on the economic process and market mechanisms, meaning restrictions determined by preservation of the optimum functioning of the planet's ecosystem. A developmental model of welfare, without (quantitative) growth, and of a balanced economy has gradually been formed which should provide 'sober' material welfare to all inhabitants of the planet and environmental security for future generations as well. Notwithstanding the fact that Slovenia has reached a higher degree of environmental pollution and an excessive use of natural resources per capita, it does have the key environmental capitals at its disposal to allow a more daring orientation towards environmentally sustainable developmentV članku so prikazane globalne in regionalne okoljske posledice razvojnega modela trajne (količinske) rasti. Vse večji antropogeni snovno-energetski tokovi so v zadnjih desetletjih presegli regeneracijske in nevtralizacijske zmogljivosti planetarnega ekosistema, okoljska globalizacija je skupna rezultanta prekomernih okoljskih vplivov. V naslednjih petdesetih letih naj bi se ob nadaljevanju razvojnega modela trajne rasti pritiski na okolje nekajkrat povečali, nosilnost okolja pa naj bi se nekoliko zmanjšala. Dolgoročno blagostanje človeštva, prihodnjih generacij in ekosistemov zagotavlja zgolj razvojni model, ki bo tudi okoljsko trajnosten, torej bo upošteval omejitve oziroma zmogljivosti naravnih sistemov. Ekonomskemu procesu in tržnim mehanizmom je torej potrebno postaviti biofizikalne meje, ki jih narekuje ohranjanje optimalnega delovanja planetarnega ekosistema. Postopno se oblikuje razvojni model blagostanja brez (količinske) rasti in ravnovesne ekonomije, ki naj bi omogočil "zmerno" materialno blagostanje vsem prebivalcem planeta in okoljsko varnost tudi prihodnjim generacijam. Slovenija kljub doseženi višji stopnji onesnaženosti okolja in prekomerni porabi naravnih virov na prebivalca razpolaga s ključnimi okoljskimi kapitali za smelejšo usmeritev v okoljsko trajnostni razvojTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za družbene vede