%0 Journal Article %T NATURAL RESOURCES AVAILABILITY IN A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY %A CATALINA BONCIU %A CRISTIAN SIMA %A GEORGE MARINESCU %J Challenges of the Knowledge Society %D 2013 %I Nicolae Titulescu University of Bucharest %X In the theoretical and practical approach of the economic life, appears more often the idea of sustainable economic development, of reconciliation between man and nature in attracting and using its resources without interfering in its natural movement and evolution. In this paper we are trying to bring to light the relation between the economic development and the mineral resources, in terms of achieving sustainable development. The place and role of natural factors in the market economy is revealed by bringing to the forefront a number of arguments that demonstrate their vital position in the sustainable growth and development. %K mineral resources %K natural environment %K economic growth %K environmental protection %K eco-development %U cks.univnt.ro/uploads/cks_2013_articles/index.php?dir=2_Economic_Sciences%2F&download=cks_2013_economy_art_015.pdf