Sustainability from a Chinese cultural perspective: the implications of harmonious development in environmental management
Sustainability from a Chinese cultural perspective: the implications of harmonious development in environmental management
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DOI：
10.1007/s10668-015-9671-9
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发表时间：
2016-06-01
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4.9
通讯作者：
Halog, Anthony
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作者：
Li, Ying;Cheng, Hao;Halog, Anthony
可持续发展在环境科学和政策话语中具有广泛的共识，但其含义在特定的文化背景下有所不同。本文从中国文化的角度阐述了可持续发展，追溯了中国传统文化的思想，探讨了中国以环境管理为重点的和谐发展观。类似于可持续发展的思想对中国文化来说并不新鲜，但它植根于中国古代思想，反过来又影响着当前的治理和政策。值得注意的是，中国传统哲学，如儒家、道家、法家和阴阳学，包含了可持续发展的基本哲学。作为一种独特的地方话语，这些概念在古代和谐的意义上得到了很好的解释和理解，为中国提供了独特的可持续发展视角，并为和谐发展和环境管理政策提供了制度启示。当前，中国正致力于构建和谐发展的新的国家认同，将中国传统哲学和价值观融入到现代管理中。“和谐社会”和“中国梦”的口号反映了这种回应世界的新方式，希望实现更清洁的增长，个人繁荣和社会稳定。可持续发展的中国和西方根源在概念上、意识形态上和历史上都是不同的，本文阐述了两者的趋同如何成为当代国际辩论的基础。
Sustainable development has broad consensus in environmental science and policy discourse, but its implications differ in specific cultural contexts. This article articulates sustainable development from a Chinese cultural perspective by tracing ideas from Chinese traditional culture and exploring China's concept of harmonious development with emphasis on environmental management. Ideas that resemble sustainable development are not new to Chinese culture, but have roots in ancient Chinese thoughts, which in turn influence current governance and policies. Notably, Chinese traditional philosophies such as Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, and Yin-Yang contain philosophies fundamental to sustainable development. As a distinct local discourse, such concepts were well interpreted and understood in the ancient meaning of harmony, giving China unique sustainability perspectives with institutional implications for policies of harmonious development and environmental management. Currently, China is driven to create a new national identity of harmonious development that involves Chinese traditional philosophies and values in its modern administration. The slogans "harmonious society" and "Chinese dream" reflect this new way of responding to the world with the aspiration to achieve cleaner growth, personal prosperity, and social stability. The Chinese and Western roots of sustainable development are conceptually, ideologically, and historically different, and this paper articulates how the convergence of the two underlies contemporary international debates.