Positive Development
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'Net positive', from Positive Development (PD) theory, is a paradigm in sustainable development and design. PD theory (taught and published from 2003)[1][2][3] was first detailed in Positive Development (2008),[4] and detailed in Net-Positive Design (2020).[5] A net positive system/structure would ‘give back to nature and society more than it takes’ over its life cycle.[6] In contrast, conventional sustainable design and development, in the real-world context of excess population growth, biodiversity loss, cumulative pollution, wealth disparities and social inequities closes off future options. To reverse the overshoot of planetary boundaries, a 'positive Development' would, among other sustainability criteria, increase nature beyond pre-urban or pre-industrial conditions.[7]
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