Question

Explain the concept of sustainable development?

Answer 1

• The term sustainable development is defind as development to achieve the needs of present generation without compromising future generations needs. 
• The United Nations established a world commission on Environment and Development (WCED) headed by the Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland. The commission gave its report (also know as Brundt land Report) entitled our common future in 1987. 
• The report defines sustainable developed as a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs. 
• Thus sustainable development takes care of ecological, social and economic aspects of development.
• During the present times and pleads for conservation of resources to finable the future generations to use these resources. 
• It takes into account the development of whole human kind which has common future.