DEVELOPING CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY ALONE MAY NOT BE HELPFUL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO THE HOLISTIC VIEWPOINT

摘要

The advancement of concrete technology can reduce the consumption of natural resources and energy sources and lessen the burden of pollutants on the environment. However, if the price of environment resources and thereby the cost of concrete still keeps relatively low, then because of the economic rules governing the market’s behavior preferring cheaper resources and something with good quality but a lower price, more environment resources and concrete materials will be used and they will not be cherished and saved, which will result in the worsening of environment. An accurate method is to add a suitable environmental cost of producing concrete into the current price by adjusting the price of environment resources to elevate concrete’s price, which will be helpful for protection of the environment and will promote the advancement of concrete technology. The holistic viewpoint is applied in this paper. The problems of sustainable development should be considered on the society-economy-technology level.