Sustainability of Development | Development

SUSTAINABILITY OF DEVELOPMENT Whichever way define we development, suppose for the present that a particular country is quite developed. We would certainly like this level of development to go up further or at least be maintained for future generations. This is obviously desirable. However, since the second "We have not inherited the world from our forefathers borrowed it from our we have children." half of the twentieth century, a number of scientists have been warning that the present type, and levels, of development are not sustainable. Groundwater is an example of Non-renewable resources are those renewable resources. These resources which will get exhausted after years are replenished by nature as in the case of crops and plants. However, of use. We have a fixed stock on earth which cannot be replenished. We do even these resources may be discover new resources that we did not know of earlier. New sources in overused. For example, in the case of groundwater, if we use more than what is being replenished by rain then we would be overusing this resource. this way add to the stock. However, over time, even this will get exhausted. FOR EXAMPLE, CRUDE OIL THAT WE EXTRACT FROM THE EARTH IS A NON- RENEWABLE RESOURCE. HOWEVER WE MAY FIND A SOURCE OF OIL THAT WE DID NOT KNOW OF EARLIER. EXPLORATIONS ARE BEING UNDERTAKEN ALL THE TIME. Consequences of environmental degradation do not respect national or state boundaries; this issue is no longer region or nation specific. Our future is linked together. Sustainability of development is comparatively a knowledge in which scientists, economists, philosophers and other social scientists are working together. In general, the question of development or progress is perennial. At all times as a member of society and as individuals we need to ask where we want to go, what we wish to become and what our goals are. So the debate on development continues. new area of