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Date	Process	Result
March 21, 2009	Peer review	Reviewed
July 29, 2009	Peer review	Reviewed
October 8, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed
May 7, 2022	Good article reassessment	Delisted
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Morelli, John (2011-11-01). "Environmental Sustainability: A Definition for Environmental Professionals". Journal of Environmental Sustainability. 1 (1): 1–10. doi:10.14448/jes.01.0002. ISSN 2159-2519.

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Section sizes

Section size for Sustainability (40 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	9,412	9,412
Definitions	18	10,852
Current usage	3,869	5,945
Specific definitions	2,076	2,076
Historical usage	3,785	3,785
Comparison to sustainable development	1,104	1,104
Dimensions	17	27,844
Development of three dimensions	5,124	5,124
Hierarchy	3,979	3,979
Environmental sustainability	6,955	6,955
Economic sustainability	4,403	4,403
Social sustainability	5,582	5,582
Proposed additional dimensions	188	1,784
Cultural sustainability	1,596	1,596
Interactions between dimensions	38	4,664
Environmental and economic dimensions	3,895	3,895
Trade-offs	731	731
Measurement tools	738	7,553
Environmental impacts of humans	3,999	3,999
Economic costs	2,816	2,816
Barriers	3,764	3,764
Transitions	19	8,187
Components and characteristics	4,376	4,376
Principles	1,146	1,146
Example steps	1,569	2,646
Agenda 2030 for the Sustainable Development Goals	1,077	1,077
Options for overcoming barriers	84	9,023
Issues around economic growth	4,756	4,756
Government action and local governance	2,342	2,342
Global governance	1,841	1,841
Responses by nongovernmental stakeholders	48	7,788
Businesses	4,411	4,411
Religious communities	1,421	1,421
Individuals	1,908	1,908
Assessments and reactions	33	5,434
Impossible to reach	1,971	1,971
Vagueness	863	863
Confusion and greenwashing	2,567	2,567
See also	84	84
References	570	570
Total	95,175	95,175