Development

DVA1501 Assignment 05 Unique Assignment

Sustainable development

Table of content Introduction Ecology Sustainable development Erosion deforestation pollution 1 2 2 3 4 4-5

Preventing, controlling or mitigating the severity of pollution, deforestation and erosion. 5 Conclusion list of references 6 7

Introduction

For the purpose of this assignment I will define and describe the term ecology, I will describe the term sustainable development, and discuss pollution, deforestation and erosion. I will identify problems that effect sustainable development. And discuss strategies for preventing, controlling or mitigating the severity of these problems.

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Ecology

Ecology is the scientific study of the relationships that living organisms have with each other and with their abiotic environment. Ecology is an interdisciplinary field that includes biology and Earth science. The word "ecology" ("Ökologie") was coined in 1866 by the German scientist Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919). Ecologists seek to explain: Life processes and adaptations Distribution and abundance of organisms The movement of materials and energy through living communities The successional development of ecosystems, and The abundance and distribution of biodiversity in the context of the environment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecology

Sustainable development

Sustainable development refers to a mode of human development in which resource use aims to meet human needs while not harming the environment, so that these needs can be met not only today, but also for future generations

The term was used by the Brundtland Commission which coined the definition of sustainable development, development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." According to the same report, the above definition contains within it two key concepts: The concept of 'needs', in particular the essential needs of the world's poor, to which...