AN ANALYSIS OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

This article analyses the Sustainable Development with the objective to understand its relationship with the society and the nature. This also will allow establishing possible discussions with the objective understand to human activities on the geographic space. The perspective of this view is supported by the understanding of the conjuncture of the Sustainable Development and the Economic Growth. We appraise the Development using the perspectives of Gross domestic product (GDP) and of the Human development Index (HDI) distinguishing Growth from Development. The GDP is of strict economic matrix, while that of HDI points a larger looking, contemplating social and environmental aspects as cultural and political one. HDI conception it has better chances to promote quality of life, citizenship and social justice for all the society.