Table 1. Some selected definitions of “sustainability” in terms of their applications. Concept Label Application in Practice 1. sustaining maximum/optimum sustained yield: maintaining natural renewable resources capital 2. sustaining development: industrialization, expanding economy 3. sustaining economic growth: a. sustaining economic growth: b. sustaining economic development: increasing GNP more matter/energy throughout increasing human satisfaction per unit matter/energy, i.e., increased efficiency 4. substitutability concept of neoclassical economics or technological optimism: when a natural resource becomes scarce, entrepreneurs will find or invent substitutes 5. carrying capacity for humans: as the interaction of number of people and living standard 6. sustainability: sustaining profits based on consumption sustaining rapid economic growth