Authors
- Lobzhanidze Alexander Alexandrovich Russian Federation Moscow
- Lopatnikov Dimitri Leonidovich Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor Russian Federation Moscow
Annotation
The article examines the evolution of scientific views on the possibility
of sustainable development from the first ecological and economic ideas to the modern
paradigm enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Special attention is paid
to the spatial dimension of sustainability, theoretical approaches (neoclassical, institutio nal,
evolutionary, geographical) and their applicability to the sustainable management of territo-
ries. Based on the analysis of Russian and foreign sources, key contradictions in the imple-
mentation of the SD concept, the role of geographical science in its development, as well as
modern challenges (climate change, pandemic, geopolitical tensions), transformative de-
terminants of SD have been identified. The dialectical contradictions of the SD concept,
the manifestations of its simultaneous utopianism, dystopianism and realism are shown.
How to link insert
Lobzhanidze, A. A. & Lopatnikov, D. L. (2026). SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS Bulletin of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. Series "Pedagogy and Psychology", 3 (63), 52-67. https://doi.org/10.24412/2076-9091-2026-363-52-67
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