SOSC 1430 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Our Common Future, Sustainable Development, Soil Conservation
3 Oct 2016
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Environmental concerns rst coupled to development in early 1970s. 1987 - brundtland report - concept of sustainable development" - idea of eco-friendly socio- economic advance. 1992 earth summit put the concept on the map and since then the word sustainable has been applied to everything done in development"s name - but global commons of climate, water, fuel, biodiversity continue to be threatened. 1960s - global environment rst became matter of international concern. Barbara ward - waste, pollution, nuclear proliferation and overconsumption of the earth"s natural wealth were counterpoised with humanity"s unwillingness to do much for people living in poverty. Biased against poor countries - their extraordinary fertility was blamed for precipitating a global population crisis. Humankind reproducing itself at such a pace as to devoir the world"s supply of natural resources within a few generations - without drastic curtailment of fertility, all prospects of development would lag further behind.
