Write about equitable use of resources for sustainable lifestyles.
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Equitable use of resources for sustainable lifestyles
Scarcity of resources is the burning problem of modern technology. The twenty-first century will see growing human needs for resources since many parts of the world are using natural resources at a rate faster than the natural processes can replenish it.
Sustainable development basically means that the process of development needs to be sustained or the development of a region should be planned in such a manner that it should go on for a quite long time. Therefore, it calls for planned or judicious utilization of available limited resources with least possible degradation of environment while maintaining quality of life at the same time.
In other words, the development of a region is a limited process or has limits to growth, based on availability of natural resources, rather than keeping it under constant degradation state, in order to meet needs/comforts of human population and industrial/economic centres.
Sustainable development is currently being discussed as a focal theme in the field of development, planning and other associated aspects. In the light of self-defeating current mode of development and recurrent natural calamities, people are urged to ponder over the faults, shortcomings, lacunae, discrepancies and limitations of the ongoing developmental process and production system.
It is essential to sustain the natural resources. We should conserve natural resources so that it may yield sustainable benefit to the present generation while maintaining its potential to meet the needs of the future generation. There are three specific objectives to conserve living resources:
1. To ensure that any utilisation of the ecosystem is sustainable.
2. To preserve biodiversity and
3. To maintain essential ecological processes.
Resource management should be less energy-intensive, suitable to local ecology and needs of the people, less cost-intensive and more viable in terms of economy, ecology and culture. The Srilankan team, for example studied traditional paddy irrigation systems as a model for water management.
Living beings present on earth, are all mortal, no one lives forever, there places are replaced by their offspring. Since human among all other living creatures, is more intelligent, they tend to use more and more use of earth's resources, for ease and comfort.
If while using the resources, human gives a little care on the environment, then it shall be possible to make good quality of lifestyle within a sustainable development environment.