environment and sustainable economic development
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Presented ByMd. Sahed Khan
Department of Rural Sociology
Presentation on
Environment and Sustainable Economic Development
Environment The complex of physical, chemical and
biotic factors that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival
Have intrinsic value of their own
Have value for the longer term sustainability
Elements of the Human Environment
‘Intangible’ in Nature
Scarce in Absolute Terms
Environmental Resources
Types of Environmental Resources
Environmental ResourcesBased on Source of Origin Based on Renewability Based on Stage of Development
1. Biotic Resources 1. RenewableResources
1. Potential Resources
2. Actual Resources
2. Non-biotic Resources
2. Non-Renewable Resources
3. Reserve Resources
4. Stock Resources
Trade-off Between Economic Growth and Environment
Economic Growth:“an increase in what an economy can produce if it is using all
its scarce resources”
CONTD…
Vicious Circle of Environmental
Degradation
CONTD…Global Resource
Constraints
Desperate Need by Nations to Achieve High Growth Rate
Overuse of Resources
Environmental Degradation and
Pollution
CONTD… Balance between Economic Growth and
Environmental Degradation by:1. Less Energy Intensive and More
Environmentally Sound Models of Development
2. Breakdown of the Cycle of Poverty and Environmental Destruction in LDCs
3. New Environmentally Safe Technologies
Total Greenhouse Emissions across the Globe 60.4% done by China, United States, Russia, Japan, Germany, South Korea
and Canada
Heavy Deforestation by Developed Countries
In the name of Industrialization
Global Environmental Pollution: The Case of Developed and Developing Countries
CONTD…
United States: 2% Global Population Holding 25 % of Global Resources Use
Generating More Wastes Unethical disposal of wastes by Developed
Countries through:1. Shifting of Dirty Industries
2. Chemical Wastes dumplings3. Electronic-Wastes dumplings
CONTD…
Global welfare through Cooperation among Countries
Economic theory defines two types of goods:1. Private goods: Principle of competition among
agents for good Consumption2. Public goods:
Do not follow this principle Limitless Consumption of Goods
Cooperative Game Theory: Solvency to Global Environmental Issues
No Contribution for the use of Public Resources
Initially individuals Better-off Ultimately Everyone Worse-off
Failure to Monetize Environmental Service
Quantify their economic value Possibility of Solvency
Cooperative Game theory
CONTD…
CONTD…
Cooperation at Local level brings Better result for Human and Environment
Difficult to achieve International Cooperation
International Cooperation: Possible with Enforceable Agreements
Application of Cooperative Game Theory: Achievement of Global Welfare
CONTD…
CONTD…
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