Desenvolvimento sustentável e o Brasil: desafios e oportunidades para o século XXI

Abstract

The environmental impacts caused by society’s way of life, and the social inequality derived from the processes involved in economic growth are some of the issues debated by the sustainable development. The present study aims to bring the main challenges and opportunities of sustainable development in Brazil, for the 21st century. The methodology applied here has both qualitative and quantitative data, as well as bibliographical and documentary research. In addition, the study proposes the estimation of an index to evaluate sustainable development in Brazil between 2005 and 2015, which is composed of social, economic and environmental dimensions. In the end, it is concluded that Brazil has achieved positive results in terms of sustainable development, with the social dimension being the one to contribute the most to this improvement over the analyzed years. When estimating SDI, the income dimension contributed the least to the advances in terms of sustainable development in Brazil.