What is the Idea of sustainable development? Why is it so important? These are questions that are becoming more common every day because we have come to the realization that we are not achieving this idea. So, sustainable development is the process of reinforcing one’s economy without depleting its resources. This is so important now because we are coming closer and closer to the end of the world we know. Humanity is good at the development part, that’s has been our roles since the beginning of our existence, to use the resources we have today to build a new tomorrow. Our economies are built of exploiting our resources, better known as exports, things like oil, metals are Canada’s top exports, oil, and organic chemicals are Saudi Arabi’s top …show more content…
An economically developed country should have a reliable source of energy such as hydroelectrically and fossil fuels. Although hydroelectricity is considered a renewable resource it does have some negative consequences on the quality of the water. To harness hydroelectricity dams must be built and this causes a change in the flow of the water and a differentiation in water levels and disruption of wildlife. These issues are outlined by hsciencelearn.org.nz stating “Rivers must be dammed, which can affect the function of the river both upstream and downstream” and “This can be problematic for any plants and animals that may find themselves with too much or too little water, and migrating fish cannot get through the dams”. This disrupts the balance of the ecosystem of the water causing the quality of the water to dissipate making it not safe to drink or use for other proposes. Another way harnessing energy is disrupting the balance of our water resources is mining fossil fuels. When we mine, for coal body’s of water can get access to the mines which results in the contamination of the water with heavy metal this is shown on the webs site www.ucsusa.org stating “Surface mining can also directly impact the health and safety of surrounding communities. Mudslides, landslides, and flashfloods may become more common. And depending on the …show more content…
Key factors in economic development are manufacturing, farming, and harnessing energy. Although these factors have consequences to their exploitation such as water used to produce steel is water that 663 million people who don’t have access to could use to drink. Realizing toxic waste, a by-product of manufacturing something into the Oceans can disrupting the balance of the ecosystem. Side effects like fertilizer flowing into rivers and lakes throwing the ecosystem of balance and causing eutrophication to occur, making the water dangerous to drink. Another factor in the depletion and deterioration of our water resources is from harnessing energy, hydroelectricity uses a dam to harness the water flow to produce energy which disrupts the balance of the river and lakes. It shifts the amount of water so some spices in the ecosystem get too much water and some get to less, it also limits the migration of fish, this offset can be dangerous to the quality of the water. Mining for coal is another way harnessing energy has a negative effect on our water supplies. When mining for coal if an aquifer or lake gets access to the mine the water will be contaminated with dangerous metals resulting in the deterioration of the quality of the water making it unusable. All of these factors are key components in economically developing countries, energy
...ion of the environment due to depletion of resources such as water, land and air. Only 2.5 percent of water in the world (including rivers) is available for human use. For example, if industries directly dispose the industrial wastes into the river, the river will be polluted, thus the amount of fresh water in the world decreases, this leads to water deterioration. Water deterioration contributes the most in the degradation of environment. Finally, it can be concluded that electricity brings negative impact to the environment.
“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs” (Sassi, 2006).
Water is a precious natural resource which is essential for the survival of all living things; however, fresh water is becoming finite at an increasingly fast rate. Water is vital for the economic and social growth of a country; to generate energy, maintain health and grow food. However, a rising population, combined with the effects of climate change puts a strain on water availability. The United Nations Development (2006) states that around 700 million people suffer from water scarcity in 43 different countries and these numbers are predicted to rise to 1.8 billion people by the year 2025. Water shortage is a concerning issue and it could be argued that the effects could prove detrimental as the threat continues to rise. As well as the causes
Sustainable development as a theory was first defined in the Brundtland report (also known as Our Common Future) in 1987. The report was the work of the United Nations...
Water being the most important and valuable resource available to us on earth, covering most of the earth surface. Water is the essence of life & is required for life by the humans & the environment. With a growing population of earth, water may be misused or taken for granted by most of us which leads us to water pollution, which not only does harm our water bodies & natural environment, but eventually our drinking water & our human health. In todays world, we have changed the way our industries work, our Agricultural processes & basically everything that works. We as a society want everything to be faster, efficient & making more profit, whilst harming the environment. Industrial & Agricultural work involve the use of many different chemicals
Sustainability is a concept with a diverse array of meanings and definitions – a widely used glamorous, ambiguous, ambivalent and vague concept that is used by different stakeholder groups in various ways. Presumably to avoid noodling over a terminology or to avoid the confrontation with a definition, most widely the concept is broken down a planning process (c.f. e.g. Döring & Muraca, 2010). That is why most common sustainability is understood as sustainable development.1
Uneven distribution of fresh water directly affects the distribution of the global population. People can live in one of two areas; there is either an abundance of water or not enough. Many problems can arise from overpopulation on large water bodies. Pollution can occur through dumping and wastes. The Niagara River for example, which is right on the border and is being polluted from both sides, making control of the problem harder. Pollution of this kind also affects natural ecosystems and marine life; it kills off and endangers local species. And where there isn't enough water there are other problems to contend with. Allocation, desalinization, and transportation of fresh water can be costly as well. The water they do have in arid regions can be quite filthy and infected with disease. Water deficient areas can only grow a limited amount of crops with out irrigation and are therefore forced to depend on import food
Sustainable development is, in its simplest the survival of the planet Earth. Sustainable development meets the demands of today’s society without limiting the ability of future generations to meet their own demands. First, the basic needs of the world...
First of all, the main cause which is population growth lead people unapproachable get enough water and increase the demand of using water undoubtedly. According to Dixon (2010) demonstrated that have a considerable ascent of the birth in the world which rise six fold as the consumption of the water since 1950. Moreover, owing to satisfies human need which frequently forthright and indirectly destroys the environment no matter how river is precious. Take Ethiopia as an example, it was approximately six per cent of forest left and two thousand tons of soil wash away into the river which would contaminate the river every year(FAQ:1994.P.9). Simultaneously, the government need urban sprawl and urban development which so as to reduce the pressure of dense population. Particularly, in some thrive cities such as Hong Kong, reclamation provide land to achieve various economic, transport, housing and social need of the community (Civil Engineering and Development Department, 2008). The marine environments can contaminate by construction activity that coastal habitats can changes from the physical nature of the seabed, which can be a cause to erosion, sedimentation, physical and chemical disturbance of eco...
Sustainable development means that the present generations should be able to make use of resources to live better lives in such a manner that it doesn’t compromise the ability of future generations to survive and make better lives for themselves as well. For sustainable development to occur, there needs to be sustainable economic, ecological and community development. Society needs to be educated about ways in which they can use resources, especially natural, in such a manner that it doesn’t cause harm to the environment and put future generations lives at risk.
Sustainable Management are referred to the protection of the environment under the conditions of both meet the needs of modern people, but also without the prejudice to the needs of future generations for the forward-looking development model. Sustainable Management has three different areas: the needs of the modern and future generations, the environment, and the economy. By using these areas, limiting the resource depletion to reinforce the needs of present and future generation to create the ability of a systems of vigorous development.
People don’t appreciated the many advantages that comes with having clean potable water to use, taking it for granted. A lot of clean useful water is wasted by humans all the time that people don’t care about saving water because they have easy access to it. Clean and safe drinkable water resources are getting scarce as the population grows. The world is facing many problems, but the most important needed to survive, is water. Water is getting low in many countries, therefore habitants are suffering the misfortune of not having the reliable source of clean water. Today many countries are having water shortages; meaning rivers, lakes, streams and groundwater are not enough to rely on for supplying water demands. For example, California is facing a drastic water shortage, the natural water resources are not enough to fulfill their water demands. Water shortage affects the agricultural sector, so as a consequence the price for production
Sustainable development refers to not only meet the needs of contemporary people, but also not compromising the ability of future generations to meet development needs.Sustainable development and environmental protection have established contact, not the same. Environmental protection is an important aspect of sustainable development. The core of sustainable development is development, but requires strict control of the population, improve population quality and protect the environment for the conduct of economic and social development under the premise of sustainable use of resources.
In class we discussed what sustainable development meant to us; each group had its own definition. Our group’s definition was that sustainable development is for the long term for future generations, for the basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, and job. The basic will increase over time and our resources will diminish, which why sustainable development is important. Sustainable development is important for future generations so that they end up with a world better than ours. Sustainable development is achievable if society works together to meet everyone’s basic needs and create a better world.
‘Development that meets the needs of the present with the ability for the future generation to meet their own needs.’ (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987) Sustainable development requires three key components: economy, society and environment, sustainable development can be success through striking balance in those factors. These three components are indispensible, they compel to depend on each other. On the other words, we can only gain a decent and energetic environment and society if the economy is strong with a healthy a stable growth rate.