Science‚ Medicine and Technology What is sustainable development? Sustainable development has been defined in many ways‚ but the most frequently quoted definition is from Our Common Future‚ also known as the Brundtland Report:[1] Sustainable development has various definitions; a well-known definition is that of the Brundtland Report. According to the Brundtland Report‚ "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
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Sustainable Development There are many definitions of sustainable development‚ including this landmark one which first appeared in 1987: "Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Sustainable development (SD) is a pattern of growth in which resource use aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present‚ but also for generations to come (sometimes
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Sustainablity Paper Engineering Ethics‚ Sustainable Development and the Law ES 4498F/G Submitted By:Muhammad Musa Khan Submitted to:Dr. Kevin Mcguire The industrial revolution in the 18th and 19th century saw the progress of human kind in manufacturing and energy. The source of this revolution was the discovery of minerals and fossil fuels‚ which the human race started to exploit without thinking of the consequences on the environment. Fossil fuels were burnt for energy and mines were
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Sustainable Development......the “TERM” Sustainable development is important for human life on a finite planet. It makes a desirable future state for the human societies in which the living conditions and proper resource-use meet many human needs without undermining the finite sustainability of natural systems along with the environment keeping in mind that future generations may also have all of their needs met. As stated in the ’Brundtland Report’ “Sustainable development is development that
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"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two key concepts: 1) the concept of needs‚ in particular the essential needs of the world’s poor‚ to which overriding priority should be given 2) the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment’s ability to meet present and future needs." Over the past two decades
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EUT 1072 – Sustainable Development and Management Exam # 1‚ October 19 2009 Professor: Georges A. Tanguay • Exam total points = 100; 19 mandatory questions and one BONUS. • Answer directly on the questionnaire using available space. • Maximum time : 90 minutes Good luck! PART ONE (50 PTS) ANSWER QUESTION 1 OR QUESTION 2 QUESTION 1 (30 pts) We started the course by arguing that the sustainable development concept was first
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Q. Sustainable Development? Ans:. Sustainable development refers to a mode of human development in which resource use aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present‚ but also for generations to come. The term ’sustainable development ’ was used by the Brundtland Commission which coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable development: "development that meets the needs of the present without
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GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE WORKING PAPER 00-04 Basic Principles of Sustainable Development Jonathan M. Harris June 2000 Tufts University Medford MA 02155‚ USA http://ase.tufts.edu/gdae © Copyright 2000 Global Development and Environment Institute‚ Tufts University G-DAE Working Paper No. 00-04: “Basic Principles of Sustainable Development” Basic Principles of Sustainable Development 1 Jonathan M. Harris jonathan.harris@tufts.edu 1. The Concept of Development
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Sustainable Development By the year 2200 there will be a lot more people living on this planet then there are now. Estimates range anywhere from 15 to 36 billion people. Where will these people live? How will they live? The answer is sustainable development. Sustainable development‚ "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. " It also‚ "requires meeting the basic needs of all peoples and extending to them the opportunity
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Sustainable what? Sustainable development can be defined in many ways; the one that I prefer to use is that of the Brundtland Commission: "Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."(1) Along those lines‚ many Governments around the world strive to minimize the pollution impact over our most valuable resource‚ the Earth. Additionally‚ lobbyists have spent thousands of hours encouraging legislators to enact laws
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