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HS 419 Lecture 1
Course Contents
The history of Sustainable Development: From Malthus to Sustainable Development, The Brundtland Report, The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, The World Summit on Sustainable Development; Millennium Development Goals (MGDs): the rationale for MDGs and its link with Sustainable Development; Principles of Sustainability: the precautionary principle and the safe minimum standard; Growth and sustainability: Impact, Population, Affluence and Technology (IPAT) model, ecological footprint, green GDP; Sustainable Development Indicators; Challenges to Sustainable Development: Natural resource depletion and Climate change; International Cooperation: Cooperation between regions, Peoples Earth Charter, NGOs and social entrepreneurs
Books
Rogers P. P,Jalal, K.F and Boyd, A.J, An Introduction to Sustainable Development, Earthscan, UK, 2007 Daly H.E, Beyond Growth: the economics of sustainable development, Beacon Press, Boston, 1996
No Limits to Growth New technology would take care/ recycle wastes Economy
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Industrial Revolution
New technology and vast amounts of fossil fuel led to unprecedented production of consumer goods. However industrial revolution also led to rapid depletion of natural resources. But it was over looked because at that time the role of nature was viewed only as the supplier of natural resources and it was felt that even if the natural capital is depleted with technological innovations, natural capital can be easily substitute by man made capital. According to this view the only limit to growth is technology and since new technology can always be developed so there is no limit to growth