SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT
Areas of sustainable development
■ The scope of sustainable development can be contextually divided into
three parts: environmental, economic and social
■ The social aspect is considered because there is a relationship between
the welfare of the population with the environment and the economic
growth consequently must satisfy the needs of the members of the society
(food, clothing, housing and work) because if poverty is a habitual state,
not only social conflicts will occur, but even ecological catastrophes.
 Environmental sustainability

■ When the ecosystem maintains the

characteristics that are essential for
survival in the long term. Here we
refer to species, populations and
ecosystems
Economic sustainability

■ When the proper handling

and management of natural
resources makes it
attractive to continue with
the current economic
system.
Social sustainability

■ When costs and benefits are

properly distributed, both
among the total current
population and with the
future population. Although
both things are contradictory
in the short term, in the long
run, and because of their
interdependencies, it
becomes an obligation.
 To depend less on fossil energy sources, mainly oil, and increasingly on renewable
and less polluting sources, as well as to favour energy efficiency.

Develop more labor-intensive technological processes, in line with the natural

Perspectives and challenges.

resource base and cleaner, with an eminently preventive approach.

Improve and encourage the recycling and reuse of waste and residues, as well as
reduce their production and finish them properly

To promote a management of natural resources with knowledge and technologies

based on a new environmental rationality and social equity.

Strengthen the regional approach by channelling efforts into priority areas.

 Institution of administrative and political forms that are much more decentralized
and supported to a greater extent by local communities, based on their socio-cultural
Perspectives and challenges. characteristics and with a gender focus.

To stop the disorderly urban growth and macro cephalic, as well as the patterns of
excessive consumption favoring greater opportunities for regional development.

Strengthen the regulatory framework and the establishment of economic instruments

Instituting the right to timely and accurate information

To educate the population and to sponsor, by all possible means, the formation of
new cultural values in accordance with sustainability.
Search for sustainable development.
A political system that ensures effective citizen participation in decision
making.
What the SD requires.

An economic system that is capable of generating surpluses and sustained

and reliable technical knowledge.

A social system that provides solutions to the tensions caused by

disharmonious development.
Conclusión

■ The purpose of sustainable development is to achieve a more harmonious, fair, and

equitable social welfare and thus allow society to satisfy its needs but without risking
the resources of future generations.