System theory as the foundation of sustainable development ideology

Issue: № 2/2, 2020

Doi: https://doi.org/10.37634/efp.2020.2(2).1

The social, environmental and economic subsystems are investigated in the framework of systems theory. Using a systems-integrated approach as an analysis tool, it is determined that the study of the links between elements, structures and subsystems provides the very foundation on which the ideology of sustainable development is based. The purpose of this article is to use systems theory to ground the ideology of sustainable development in the context of the socio-ecological-economic system. The main reason for the need to form a socio-ecological-economic system is the contradiction between the interests of society in the conservation and protection of the environment and the interests of economic entities aimed at maximizing profits in any way. This contradiction is due to the presence of external factors that arise in the process of system development and the formation of sustainable development of the country. In the proposed system, the unity of the three components, nature, population and economy, is the most important dominant, so the socio-ecological-economic system is understood as a set of interrelated elements of demographic, social, natural, industrial and institutional character, without which the existence of a common system is impossible. It is advisable to single out the socio-ecological-economic systems that are synonymous with the concept of region or regional system and contain three subsystems: social, environmental and economic. These subsystems are comprised of the following components: population and population, natural resources and production components, infrastructure and the like. The proportions of the economy should be shaped by the need to comply with environmental constraints. This will achieve coherence between the economic and environmental components of sustainable development. Mutual reconciliation of the development of economic and social components is ensured if economic growth is shifted from an end in itself to the goal of meeting social needs. In other words, economic growth must be accompanied by adequate social transformations and contribute to solving the problem of improving the quality of the environment. Otherwise, the growth of the economy will be devoid of any meaning in terms of the needs of the human community.

Keywords : theory, system, subsystem, foundation, ideology, sustainable, development, social, environmental, economic, communication

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