Population Change and Sustainable Development
What are the main principles of sustainablity in relation to population change?
Refers to AQA AS Geography (Chapter 5 - Population Change)
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- Population Change and Sustainable Development
- Stockholm Global environmental summit 1972
- Environmental Objectives
- Maintain ecological processes
- Preserve genetic diversity
- Ensure the sustainable utilisation of species and ecosystems.
- Environmental Objectives
- Sustainability is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
- Economic Sustainability
- Considers the ability of economies to maintain themselves when resources decline or become expensive, and when populations dependent on those resources are growing.
- According to international summits (Rio 1992, Johannesburg 2002)
- The right to development must be fulfilled to meet equitably the needs of present and future generations.
- All states should accommodate in eliminating poverty in order to decrease disparities in living standards.
- The special needs of developing countries, particularly the least developed and environmentally most vulnerable, should be given priority.
- Unsustainable production and consumption patterns should be eliminated and appropriate demographic (e.g. population) policies should be promoted.
- Environmental Sustibility
- According to international summits (Rio, Johannesburg etc.)
- People should be at the heart of concerns regarding development.
- Laws should be enacted regarding liability for pollution and compensation
- States should pass on information about natural disasters and notify neighbours of any foreseen and accidental consequences of their own activities that might cross boundaries
- According to international summits (Rio, Johannesburg etc.)
- Stockholm Global environmental summit 1972
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