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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY
Lecture- 25
Social issues and the Environment: From
unsustainable to sustainable development
Dr. Swati Sachdev,
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Applied Sciences and Humanities

Subject : Environmental Studies and Disaster Management


Course: B.Sc. Ag. (Ist year)
Subject Code: PPY-211
Semester: IInd sem.
Social Issue and Environment: Reasons for unsustainable development

To increase economic growth, developed countries exploited their natural resources at


unprecedented high rates and also the natural resources of developing or under-developed
countries. This lead to the depletion of resources and incurred negative environmental
consequences affecting human health.

Unsustainable approaches has alarmingly increased social issues like poverty, inequality,
inadequate access to basic requirements i.e., food and energy.

These negative social impacts raised global concern about unsustainable approaches and urged
need for utilization of resources in a such a sustainable manner that both resources and
environment continue their services for future generations.
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Goals of Sustainable development: There are 17 sustainable development goals:
1) To eradicate poverty/ No poverty
2) Zero hunger
3) Good health and well-being
4) Quality Education
5) Gender equality
6) Clean water and Sanitation
7) Affordable and clean energy
8) Decent work and economic growth
9) Industry, innovation and infrastructure
10) Reduced inequality
11) Sustainable communities and cities
12) Responsible consumption and production
13) Climate action
14) Life below water
15) Life on land
16) Peace and Justice strong institutions
17) Partnerships to achieve goals
Methods to achieve sustainable development

▪ Inter–generational equity: The exploitation of natural resources and negative impacts


on environment should be minimize for the needs of the future generations. This can be
achieved by discontinuing over exploitation of resources, reducing waste discharge and
emissions, and maintaining ecological balance.

▪ Intra–generational equity: The development process should involve reduction in the


wealth gaps within and between nations to minimum. This should include solution to the
problems of developing countries, such as producing vaccines for infectious diseases,
use of less polluting energy resources, etc.

▪ This will facilitate the economic growth of poor countries, narrowing the wealth gap and
lead to sustainable development.
Measures for Sustainable development

▪ Using appropriate technology such as eco friendly, resource efficient, and culturally suitable
and indigenous technologies.

▪ Adoping 3R’s i.e., Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

Reduce: It refers to reduce consumption of resource.

Reuse: It refers to again and again use of material, e.g., discarded rubber tubes can be used
as rubber bands and

Recycling: It refers to generating new useful material from discarded materials e.g., recycling
of paper.

▪ Promoting environmental education & awareness – Proper education and awareness among
masses will help in shaping their thinking and attitude towards protection of our environment.

▪ Resources utilization as per carrying capacity: Carrying capacity means that any system can
sustain only limited number of organisms at a particular time that does not affect environmental
quality and resources.
Sustainable development

It could be defined as “development that meets the needs of present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.

The concept of sustainable development was introduced by Brundtland report also known as Our
Common Future, publication released in 1987 by the World Commission on Environment and
Development (WCED) or Brundtland Commission, chaired by Gro Harlem Brundtland.

The three pillars of sustainable development are

▪ social equality,

▪ economic viability and

▪ environmental protection.

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