Sustainability resides at the nexus of philosophy, practice, politics, and technology. As such, the policies, behaviors, and discussions associated with ``sustainability'' are often contested. Despite the potential for conflict, nearly all stakeholders at all scales recognize that sustainability and sustainable practices necessarily extend from and/or interact across three domains: Social Systems, Ecological Systems, and Economic Systems. The systems, most often referred to as the three pillars (Environment, Economic, and Social), are sometimes complementary; but often are juxtaposed in a functionally perpendicular fashion. As a result, theory and practice are often side-ways and often result in partial or imperfect results.
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Gatrell, J. D., & Patterson, M. W. (2016). Urban Sustainability: Perspectives on Change. In Urban Sustainability: Policy and Praxis (pp. 1–3). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26218-5_1
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