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| environmental sustainable architecture Environmentally friendly architecture is based on the following five principles: 1. healthful interior environment; 2. energy efficiency; 3. ecologically benign materials; 4. environmental form; 5. good design | 环境可持续建筑学 (环境友好建筑学需要基于以下五点原则：1.健康的内部环境；2.有效使用能用；3.良性生态材料；4.自然环境形式；5.好的设计。) |
| sustainable development Development that provides economic, social and environmental benefits in the long term having regard to the needs of living and future generations. Defined by the World Commission on Environment and Development in 1987 as: development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs | 可持续发展 (发展提供长远考虑，考虑到子孙后代生活的需要和长远的经济、社会和环境效益。由世界环境与发展委员会于1987年定义：发展满足当代人的需求，但又不损害子孙后代能满足他们自己的需要。) |
| sustainable development indicator Statistical indicators used for measuring sustainable development that may be chosen among a wide range of themes as, for example, environmental capacity and quality of life | 可持续发展指标 (用于衡量可持续发展的统计指标，可能是其中一个作为主题，广泛选择，例如，环境容量和生活质量。) |
| sustainable land husbandry | 可持续土地耕作 |
| sustainable land management | 土地可持续管理 |
| sustainable use Use of the environment and its living resources at a rate that does not exceed its capacity for renewal in order to ensure its availability for future generations | 可持续利用 (环境及其生物资源的利用的速度不超过其再生能力，以确保其为子孙后代的供给。) |
| sustainable use | 持续使用 |
| sustainable use of natural resources | 自然资源的可持续利用 |
