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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. By: YOUNES ABOUL-JID. Sustainable development. Watch the video. Definition. Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs. ECONOMICAL.
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT By: YOUNES ABOUL-JID
Sustainable development Watch the video
Definition • Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs
ECONOMICAL • Must be able to produce goods and services on a continuing basis • adequate livelihood or productive assets • economic security when unemployed, ill, disabled or otherwise unable to secure a livelihood
Social • gender equity : men and women have the same rights in all fields • political accountability : Policy makers must be held accountable for their acts • participatory approach: the citizen participates in the decision concerning their area • Poverty reduction : To reduce the number of people living in extreme poverty
Environmental • Must maintain a stable resource base avoiding overexploitation of renewable resource systems and depleting non-renewable resources
Solutions • Minimizing use or waste of non-renewable resources (by minimizing the consumption of fossil fuels and substituting with renewable sources where feasible) • Minimizing the waste (by reducing use, reusing, and recycling).
Solutions • Sustainable use of renewable resources (by using freshwater, soils, and forests in ways that ensure a natural rate of recharge)
Solutions • Keeping within the absorptive capacity of local and global sinks of wastes --- including the capacity of rivers to break down biodegradable wastes as well as the capacity of global environmental systems, such as climate, to absorb greenhouse gases.
Conclusion • Sustainable Development is a relevant concept in the process of socio-economic and Environmental in the modern society.