Transcription of CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PART I. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS AN ANALYTICAL AND NORMATIVE CONCEPT I. What is SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ? SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT is a central concept for our age. It is both a way of understanding the world and a method for solving global problems. This book offers you an INTRODUCTION to this fascinating and vital field of thought and action. Our starting point is our crowded planet. There are now billion people on the planet, roughly 9 times the 800 million people estimated to have lived in 1750, at the start of the industrial revolution. The world population continues to rise rapidly, by around 75-80 million people per year.
The environmental threats, we shall learn, are arising on several fronts. Humanity is changing the Earth’s climate; the availability of fresh water; the ocean chemistry; and the habitats of other species. These impacts are now so large that the Earth itself is …
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