Question

Explain the meaning of sustainable
development. Mention its main principles​

Answer 1

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★ Sustainable Development:

Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable development is important as it saves national budget, fulfills the need of people, conserves natural resources, helps in the coordination between the natural resources and people and conserves natural resources for future generation.

★ Main principles of Sustainable Development:

• Interdependance, participation, providing information, and improving science.
• Maintain and, if possible, enhance the quality of human life.
• Maintain and, if possible, enhance economic vitality.
• Communities and regions need a vision and strategy for sustained economic development.
• Efforts taken that give first priority to support existing enterprises and local entrepreneurship as the best source of business expansion and local job growth.
• Communities and regions identify specific gaps and niches their economies can fill.
• Publicly supported economic development programs, investments, and subsidies should be evaluated on their long-term benefits and impacts on the whole community, not on short-term job or revenue increases.
• Enterprises have a responsibility to act as civic partners, contributing to the communities and regions where they operate.
• New development take place in existing urban and suburban areas before using more agricultural land or open space.
• Livable Communities that promote walking, bicycling, and transit access should be available for employment, education, recreation, entertainment, shopping, and services.
• Communities should have an appropriately scaled and economically healthy center focus.
• Communities and the private sector should cooperate to create regional structures.
• Communities encourage decisions that lead to a distinctive identity.