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"Die Nachhaltigkeitsdiskussion ist durch zunehmende Zerfaserung und Konturlosigkeit gekennzeichnet. Dieses ursprünglich aus der Debatte um den langfristigen Umgang mit unseren natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen entstandenen Konzept droht dabei, seinen Kern zu verlieren. Im Anschluss an eine Beschreibung der Nachhaltigkeitsdiskussion innerhalb der Wissenschaft in Deutschland wird die eigentliche Kontroverse zwischen dem Konzept schwacher und starker Nachhaltigkeit dargestellt. Nachdem Kriterien für eine rationale Wahl zwischen den beiden Konzepten diskutiert werden, wird die Wahl eines Konzeptes gerechtfertigt. Im Anschluss daran werden weiterführende Fragestellungen formuliert und es werden einige Konsequenzen der Wahl einer Konzeption starker Nachhaltigkeit dargelegt." (Autorenreferat)

Sustainability is a crucial dimension of our life at the beginning of the third millennium. Our society transforms and changes even faster and more continuously than at any time earlier. Our work aims to define a new concept: the cognitive sustainability domain. Several fields of science were explored to recognize how the interdisciplinary approach of cognitive sustainability is valid. The former joint use of cognitivity and sustainability was reviewed in the literature as well. Results showed that digital development lets us extend our experiential cognition in most fields of our lives. Limits of the available resources and the development of cognitive functionalities are the enablers to connecting and addressing sustainability. Main dimensions and parameters of cognitive sustainability were identified, and several key research areas were defined. The structured handling of cognitive tools within sustainability results in a broader interpretation framework for analyzing, understanding and developing processes in sustainability.

AbstractCurrently there is no universal sustainability assessment methodology, which would be applicable by policy‐makers for identification of regional development paths, policies' effectiveness and potential changes to sustainable development of regions. This paper reviews the best practices for sustainability assessment and identifies the needs of regional systems. Further, we propose the concept of regional sustainability assessment methodology (RSAM). It includes natural, social and economic capital transfer accounting through extended input–output tables and cyclicity analyses. RSAM reflects static and dynamic qualities of regional system for the assessment of development paths and policies effectiveness. Further methodological development of concept findings is needed.