SOCIAL

ISSUES
AND THE
ENVIRON
MENT
 From Unsustainable to Sustainable
Development
Human beings are both causative agents and victims of the
changes that environment goes through.
Economic development and the environment are related.
The imperative that humanity faces can be formulated as:
“without increased income and economic development
environmental protection will fail; without environmental
protection economic development will be undermined.
 Sustainable
Development
Definitions:

• Meeting the needs of the present without

compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their own needs
• Improving the quality of human life while living within
the carrying capacity of supporting ecosystems.
• Development based on the principle of inter-
generational, inter species and inter group equity.
• Development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.
• An environmental handrail to guide development.
• A change in consumption patterns towards more
benign products, and a shift in investment
patterns towards augmenting environmental
integrity.
 Aim of sustainable development
Inter-generational equity:
We should handover a safe, healthy and resourceful
environment to our future generations

Intra generational equity:

The technological development of rich countries should
support the economic growth of the poor countries and help in
narrowing the wealth gap and lead to sustainability.
 Sustainable development - Concept
Developing appropriate technology
Locally adaptable, eco friendly, Culturally suitable
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (3-R) approach
Providing environmental education and awareness
Consumption of renewable resources
Conservation of non renewable resources
Recycling & reusing
Population control
 Urbanization
Urbanization is the movement of human
population from rural areas to urban areas for
the want of better education, Communication,
health, employment, etc.,
 Urban Problems Related to Energy

Energy is the key input in the economic growth and there is a close link
between the availability of energy and the future growth of nation.

Power generation and energy consumption are crucial to economic

development as the major sectors of economy depend upon the
availability of energy resources.
 The main issues regarding the
energy problems in urban areas are:
• How to utilize the energy from non-renewable sources at
their maximum efficiency?

• How to make use of renewable sources of energy or the

alternate energy sources?

• The shift to alternate energy sources may be gradual or it

could be accelerated as a result of concern over the
potential environmental affects of the fossil fuel burning.
 Integrated Energy Management

Energy supplies and demand are difficult to predict

as technical, economical, political and social
assumptions are constantly changing.

There are large variation in annual and regional

energy utilization.
 Sustainable Energy It would provide
reliable sources of energy

It would not cause harm to our global, regional

or local environment.

It would help ensure that the future generations

inherit a quality environment and with a fair
share of the earth’s resources.
THANK
YOU !