Sustainable Development Sustainable Development Model Improve peoples quality

Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Model “Improve people’s quality of life within the carrying capacity of the Earth’s life support system” (UNEP) “ Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (The Bruntland Report)

Sustainable Development Criteria (World Bank- 21 st Century Agenda) • Financial Capital: sound macroeconomic planning and prudent fiscal management. • Proper government policy planning at all levels. • Ex. Debt reduction, resource management, tax structures, connections to global economy

Sustainable Development Criteria (World Bank- 21 st Century Agenda) • Physical Capital: infrastructure assets such as buildings, machines, roads, sewer, water, telecommunications, power plants and, ports.

Sustainable Development Criteria (World Bank- 21 st Century Agenda) • Human Capital: good health and education to maintain labour markets and tax base

Sustainable Development Criteria (World Bank- 21 st Century Agenda) • Social Capital: people’s skills and abilities as well as the institutions, relationships, and norms that shape the quality and quantity of a society’s social interactions

Sustainable Development Criteria (World Bank- 21 st Century Agenda) • Natural Capital: natural resources, both commercial and non-commercial, and ecological services which provide the requirements for life, including food, water, energy, fibers, waste assimilation, climate stabilization, and other life support systems

Development Comparisons (www. worldmapper. org) Total Population Ecological Footprint

Development Comparisons (www. worldmapper. org) Slum Growth Public Health Spending