对部分读者来说，“可持续发展（Sustain－aueDevelopment）”这个词可能还比较陌生。这一概念是七十年代末期一些西方社会学家提出的。社会学家们提出这一概念正是针对当时西方工业高速发展时产生的一系列生态、环境和社会问题而言，他们指出，经济的发展必须与社会和环境协调 For some readers, the term “Sustain-a development” may still be unfamiliar. This concept was proposed by some Western sociologists in the late seventies. Sociologists put forward the concept precisely in view of a series of ecological, environmental and social problems that had arisen during the rapid development of Western industry at that time. They pointed out that economic development must be coordinated with society and the environment