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Volume V: No. 2 2014 [8
87 – 90] [ISS
SN 0975 - 62722]
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Proceedings of
o National Coonference
“Environmental Conserrvation and Cllean India Proogramme” Deccember 2014, India
I

nable Developmen
Sustain nt: Mutual Relattionship between Environm
mental
Conscioousness an
nd Levels of Econom
mic Growtth

Seema Choudhary
C

Received: October 05, 2014 ⏐ Acceepted: Decem

mber 19, 20144 ⏐ Online: December
D 31, 2014

muttual resourcces, some are renewaable but

There is a direct an nd functionnal relationshhip
manny are non-renewable. Pollution may be
among man, enviironment and a econom mic
defiined as: any direct alteraation of the physical,
p
developm ment which can
c be eaislyy establishedd to
therrmal, biological or radiooactive properties of
protect thhe mutual un
nderstandingg to fulfill thheir
anyy part of thee environmeent by discharging,
interests for quickerr economic developmeent.
Economiic man has always emiitting or deppositing wasstes so as to t affect
a had too be concernned
anyy beneficiall use adveersely to cause c a
with the environmeent. Healthyy and hygiennic
conndition whichh is hazardoous to publicc health,
environmment is a pre-requisite
p of econom mic
safeety or welfarre of the anim
mals, birds, wildlife,
w
developm ment of a coountry. Rathher recogniziing
fishh or aquatic life
l and plannts.
the role and importaance of environment is the t
process of
o economic developmennt. Envvironmental quality is ann important synergy
of sustainable developmeent. It is a direct
The relattionship betwween moderrn man and his
offsshoot of the conservatioon of enviroonmental
environmment is a maajor and growing probleem.
propperties, the process of continuous flow of
The veryy survival off man as a specie
s depennds
natuural capital in the economy. Heence the
upon inttellect and moral
m humaan action with
w
susttainable devvelopment means
m such a kind of
respect too these prob
blems. Dr. Gregory
G definnes
devvelopment off the econom my where thhe needs
the majorr problem off environmenntal econom
mics
of the
t people are a fulfilled without ham mpering
as the selection of o that straategy for the t
managem the share in rennewable resoources of thhe future
ment of environment
e which best
b
genneration.
promotess the weelfare of society. The T
environmment may be regarded as a reservoir of t UN Repport, ‘Sustainability
Acccording to the
meaans meeting the needs of present geeneration
For corresspondence: withhout comppromising the abilitiees and
Departmennt of History J.V
V. Jain College, Saharanpur,
S India
oppportunities of
o future generation.
g It thus,

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implies both interrgenerationaal and inttra-
generatioonal equityy. Sustainaability is an
importannt dimension n of humann developmeent.
Human development
d t is a processs of enlargiing
peoples choices’.
c Buut such enhaancement must
m genneration hass moral obbligations too those
be for both
b presennt and futuure generatiion
without sacrificing
s on
ne for the otther.
The Seveenth Five Yeear Plan stattes that Indiaa is
fortunatee in the richn
ness of its naatural resourcces
and betteer to say, the abundancee and diverssity
of its livving resourcces. Adequaately managed,
these andd other resouurces can meeet a high levvel
of materrial needs, now and foor all time to
come. The
T degree to which a nation can c Greeening and fostering of o the resouurces of
prosper depends
d upon its producttivity, whichh is
the efficiiency with which it is able to utillize
the resouurces of th he environm ment to satisfy
human needs
n xpectations. If the gainss in
and ex
productivvity are to bee sustained, resources must
m connsciousness. The ultimaate objectivee of any
also conttinue to be available over time. This T
requires that
t while providing forr current neeeds,
the resouurce base bee managed so s as to enabble
sustainabble developm ment. This basic
b approaach
is to acccelerate sustainable deevelopment in
harmonyy with the en nvironment. It means thhat
there is i a mu utual relattionship and a minnimization off ecological disruption would
interdepeendence beetween the contours of
environmment and the levels of development.
The finitte land reso ources, popuulation grow wth
and diminishing retu urns of produuction led eaarly
classical economists to argue thaat economy has h
a tendenncy to con nverge in loong run too a
his majority of people live
stationaryy state. In th
at a subsistence
s level wheere econom mic
activitiess are not able to meet alll human neeeds
together with protecttion of the specific
s natuural
 
systtem.
Sustainable devvelopment iss the need off the day
due to the three conncerns-A-Mooral B-
Ecoological annd C-Ecoonomic A-Present A
gennerations whhich will com me after us. B- The
ecollogical thrreat originnates throuugh the
econnomic activiities in whicch nature is misused
or overused
o too reduce succh diversityy that is
intriincally undeesirable. C- From
F the staandpoint
of economic
e cooncern, it iss essential to
t argue
thatt sustainablee economic behaviour is more
efficcient than unnsustainablee behaviour.
natuure act as a nursing moother to the children
of all
a living organisms
o of the globee. Rapid
econnomic devvelopment of any country
necessitates conducivee enviroonmental
scheeme of plannned economic developm ment is to
achiieve the targgets of deveelopment fixxed for a
regiion in whichh it would beb easier to attain if
thesse targets arre associated with conttributing
envvironmental conditions.
c F
From the eccological
poinnt of view a cautious behaviour
b leaading to
w be
the essential requisite for susstainable
devvelopment.
Orthhodox ecoonomy theoory providdes the
fram
mework in which
w usefuul understandding for
maiintaining thee sustainabiility can bee gained
andd applied. Thhe main sustaainability criitarian is
of non-declinning consuumption. Constant C
connsumption thhrough tim me is obtainnable in
econnomy using a non-renew wable resourrce. This
can be achievved throughh accumulaation of
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physical capital, whiich in its owwn turn can be Envvironmental factors and eccological
achievedd in market economy, if all decisiion impperatives must
m be buuilt into thhe total
makers agree
a to a particular
p soocially-optim
mal plannning proceess if the long-term goal of
discount rate. As the t possibiliity of suchh a makking develoopment, susstainable iss to be
market economy
e is very
v remote, it is essenttial achiieved. Peoople shoulld not bee over
to look foor other meth hods. enthhusiastic to destroy
d the valuable
v bellongings
of nature.
n If we
w want to live in quualitative
The ecoonomic and ecological sustainabillity
envvironmental conditions,
c w have to mobilize
we m
requires effective contribution
c of individuual
firms annd consum awaareness amoong the people to maintain m
mers in asccertaining the
t
ecollogical balannce and to improve
i resstrictions
environm mental pro otection especially by
on all
a types of pollutions for
f the attainnment of
restriction on the reelease of non
n degradabble
materialss in the envirronment. susttainable developmennt. Thuss the
devvelopment of environmeental consciiousness
For the sustainability
s y of modern economy, itt is is one of thee most im mportant facctors of
essential that environ nmental plaanning must be econnomic progrress of the coountry.
incorporaated in the economics of sustainabble
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