GG294 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Sustainable Tourism, Thomas Robert Malthus, Deep Ecology
Document Summary
Anthropocentric perspective: humans are a dominant force. Mastery of the natural environment for maximum human gain. Ecococentrism perspective: natural environment is the core concern. Quality of the environment more important than human progress. Thomas malthus: stated that human population growth was increasing at a rate which would outstrip food production. 1962 un conference prosed the idea of a balance between social and economic development and from then on instigated several long-term subgroups to examine areas of concern. The international union for the conservation of nature and natural resources (iucn) published the world conservation strategy which promoted sustainable development in. World commission on environment and development was charged with exploring environmental and development philosophies and putting forward proposals fro change and action. Sustainable development" was defined in the document as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of those of future generations.
