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Mr. Akshay Patidar Aditya Sharma

MBA/D/04
Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is development that
meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations
to meet their own needs.

Gro Harlem Brundtland first introduced the

concept of sustainable development in 1987. He was
then the Prime Minister of Norway and chairman of
the World Commission on Environment and
Development.
Sustainability is concerned
these "3 Es".

 Equity

 Environmental integrity.

 Economic efficiency.
 Sustainable development offers the
world a plan for saving the Earth.

It means meeting four objectives at the same time:

•Social progress which recognizes the needs of everyone

•Effective protection of the environment

•Prudent use of natural resource and

•Maintenance of high and stable levels of economic

growth and employment
The principles of a sustainable society
are
 Respect and care for the community of life.
 Improve the quality of human life.
 Conserve the Earth's vitality and diversity.
 Minimize the depletion of non-renewable resources.
 Keep within the Earth's carrying capacity.
 Change attitudes and practices.
 Enable communities to care for their own environments.
 Provide a national framework for integrating
development and conservation.
 Create global alliance.
Five related aspects to the concept of
sustainability.

• Economic sustainability
• Social sustainability
• Cultural sustainability
• Political sustainability and
• Environmental sustainability
 Sustainability issues are to be analyzed
at various levels
 Global level - Ozone depletion;
Climate change;
Air pollution

 Regional, National or Area-level

Water pollution -Water depletion - Deforestation- Fisheries
depletion -Biodiversity- Desertification and Erosion.

 Local level - a plot, a farm or a village

Soil losses - Loss of soil quality (chemical or physical) -

Loss of farm income
 For sustainable development to take
place there must be
 Interaction and coordination among all of the agents in
a locality, region, or country;
 A redistribution of wealth;
 A redefinition of the relationship between human
beings and nature;
 Intergenerational equity;
 A redistribution of global wealth and opportunities;
 Nature's capacity for regeneration must be respected;
 Communities must be self-sufficient; and
 There must be a dialectical uniting of theory and
practice
THANK YOU