SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT DOMAIN AND IMPLEMENTATION DEFINITION THE

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT, DOMAIN AND IMPLEMENTATION

DEFINITION �THE TERM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WAS USED BY THE BRUNDTLAND COMMISSION. �THE MOST QUOTED DEFINITION�DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FURTHER GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS

SOLAR POWER TOWERS UTILISING RESOURCES OF SUN

1. ECONOMICS 2. ECOLOGY 3. POLITICS 4. CULTURE

FUNDAMENTAL TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

ECOLOGY ECOLOGY-ENVIRONMENTAL HOUSEKEEPING ECONOMICS AND ECOLOGY HAVE THE SAME ROOT-”OIKOS” DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE ONLY IF BOTH ECONOMICS AND ECOLOGY PROGRESS

POLITICS � POLITICAL CHANGE IS IMPORTANT FOR RESPONDING TO ECONOMIC, ECOLOGICALAND CULTURAL CHALLENGES. � SUSTAINABLE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IS TAUGHT IN CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL ENTERPRISE AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY AND AT MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY.

CULTURE � FOURTH PILLAR OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT � PASSED ON 17 TH NOVEMBER 2010 IN THE 3 RD WORLD CONGRSS OF UCLG HELD IN MEXICO CITY.

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY � IT IS A PROCESS OF MAKING SURE CURRENT PROCESS OF INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND PURSUED WITH THE IDEA OF KEEPING THE ENVIRONMENT AS PRISTINE AS NATURALLY POSSIBLE BASED ON “IDEAL-SEEKING BEHAVIOUR” � EXAMPLE-HARVESTING WOOD FROM FORESTS AT A RATE THAT MAINTAINS THE BIOMASS AND BIO-DIVERSITY

SCHEME OF SD AT CONFLUENCE OF THREE CONSTITUENT PARTS

VENN DIAGRAM � FIRST USED BY ECONOMIST EDWARD BARBIER (1987) � THREE PILLARS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ARE � 1. INTERLINKAGES 2. INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY 3. DYNAMIC EFFICIENCY � �

TYPES OF CAPITAL � NATURAL CAPITAL � ECONOMIC CAPITAL � SOCIAL CAPITAL

LOSS OF BIO-DIVERSITY

AIR POLLUTION

DEFORESTATION & INCREASED ROAD BUILDING IN AMAZON

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE � AGRO-FORESTRY � MIXED FARMING � MULTIPLE CROPING � CROP ROTATION

BASIC STRATEGY � CO-ORDINATION � TRAINING � AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS

IMPORTANT STEPS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT � POPULATION STABILISATION � INTEGRATED LANDUSE PLANNING � MAINTENANCE OF SUSTAINABILITYIN AGRICULTURE � CONSERVATION AND RATIONAL EXPLOITATION OF FOREST WEALTH � CONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY � CONTROL OF POLLUTION OF ATMOSPHERE AND HYDROSPHERE � DEVELOPMENT OF NON-POLLUTING RENEWABLE SETTLEMENTS AND SLUM IMPROVEMENT

IMPORTANT STEPS � RECYCLING OF WASTES AND RESIDUES � INTRODUCTION OF ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION FOR MORE AWARENESS OF BASIC ENVIRONMENT ISSUES � UPDATING ENVIRONMENT LAWS AND ITS STRICT IMPOSITION

A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT THAT USES SOLAR ENERGY

DEGROWTH � PROPONENTS OF DEGROWTH RECKON THAT THE TERM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS AN “OXYMORON” � A/C TO THEM ON A PLANET WHERE 20% OF THE POPULATION CONSUMES 80%OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES, A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CANNOT BE POSSIBLE FOR THIS 20%

CONCLUSION � MAHATMA GANDHI-”WE CANNOT HAVE A ECOLOGICAL MOVEMENT DESIGNED TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST NATURE, UNLESS THE PRINCIPLE OF NONVIOLENCE BECOMES CENTRAL TO THE ETHICS OF HUMAN CULTURE. ”

PRESENTED BY �NAZIYA LUBNA �ROLL-28 �B. ED SECTION �DEROZIO HOUSE

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