Abstract
When speaking on the environment it is common to consider only the external nature. However, all the discussion on the modern environmental crisis, and a more healthful environment for human development consideres human society as a part of the environment. The concept of sustainable development was born including not only ecological, but also social and economical sustainability. In the paper it is intended to analyze the way social sustainability has been used in the sustainable development discourse. It is concluded that although there has been an advance on social sustainability in development policies as well as in academic discussion, there are certain limits to its feasibility which are imposed by the capitalist system.
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