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.
What we know is that the world economy is vast, growing rapidly (by 3-4 percent per year in scale), and highly unequal in the distribution of income within countries and between countries. Ours is a world of fabulous wealth and extreme poverty, of billions of people enjoying longevity and good health unimaginable in previous generations.
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