经济增长:资源、环境和极限问题的理论争论与人类面临的选择

在人类社会不同的发展阶段中，人与自然的关系是不尽相同的。工业化早期阶段所带来的种种破坏性后果，引发了人们时生态与环境问题的严重关切。1972年《增长的极限》一书所引起的世界性的争论，使人们认识到生态的承载力是有限的，资源的数量也是有限的。从长远来看，科技进步能不断发现新的能源与资源，但在每一个特定的人类社会阶段，能源与资源危机总是人类必须面对的严峻挑战。改变旧的经济增长模式．探索新的经济增长模式，是可持续发展的核心内容。

Economic Growth:The Theoretical Debate on the Issue of Resource, Environment and Growth Limit and the Choice Faced by Human Being

During the different development stages of humankind,the rela ti onship between humankind and nature differs.The destructive results brought by t he early stage industry revolution aroused human being's serious concern about t he ecosystem and environment.The book Growth Limit published in 1972 brought abo ut global debates, and made people realize that the ecosystem's carrying capabil ity is limited, the amount of resources is also limited. In the long term, the p rogress of science and technology can make people continuously discover new ener gy and resource. However, during a certain stage of human development, energy an d resources is always the serious challenge faced by human kind. It is the core content of sustainable development to change the outdated economic growth patter n, explore new economic growth pattern.