Sustainable Development

Apichoke Lekagul

Definition of Sustainable

• Being able to continue into the future• An ecosystem condition in which biodiversity,

renewability, and resource productivity are maintained over time .

• Generally refers to land management practices that provide goods and services from an ecosystem without degradation of the site quality, and without a decline in the yield of goods and services over time.

• A resource or system that meets present needs without compromising those of future generations .

• Able to be continued indefinitely without a significant negative impact on the environment or its inhabitants.

• Meeting present needs without preventing future generations from meeting their needs .

Sustainable Development

• Agenda 21• Planning Discipline • Three Es

• Economic • Social Equity • Environment

Sustainable Development Diagram

Economic Social Equity

Environment

Economic AspectEconomic Development:

• Improvements in the efficiency of resource use so the same or greater output of goods and services is produced with smaller throughputs of natural, manufactured and human capital .(UNESCO)

• The process of improving the quality of human lif e through increasing per capita income, reducing

poverty, and enhancing individual economic oppo rtunities. It is also sometimes defined to include

better education, improved health and nutrition, conservation of natural resources, a cleaner envir

onment, and a richer cultural life.

• Circulation/ Distribution of capital • Exchange • Control • Interdependency

Social Equity Aspect Social Equity:

• The fair, just and equitable management of all institutions serving the public directly or by contract, and the fair, just equitable distribution of public services, and the implementation of public policy, and the commitment to promote fairness, justice, and equity in the formation of public policy.

• Equal Right • Equal Access to Infrastructure,

Opportunity and Capital • Well Being• Social Security • Participatory

Environmental AspectS ustianable Development:

• is maintaining a delicate balance between the h uman need to improve lifestyles and feeling of

- well being on one hand, and preserving natural resources and ecosystems, on which we and fut

ure generations depend.

• Growth Control• Preserve Natural Resources• Reduce Waste and Pollution• Use with Care• Reuse-Recycle • Sustainable Design

Other Issues of Sustainable

• Integration• Self-Dependence• A Conscious Lifestyle• A Mean, not an End • Need to be self sustaining

(Sustainable) or will go on forever• Adjustable to changing situations • Self Restrained (Enough)

Scales of Developments

• Global: Global problem, local solution

• Regional: Interconnected• Community: Planning • Place: Creation• Building: Design

Key Concepts of Sustainable Planning

Toward From

Future Oriented/ Long Term

Budget Election/ Short Term

Bound by Limits Lacking Natural Restraints

Natural/ Geographic Artificial/ Political

Means Oriented Ends Oriented

Holistic/ Interconnected Hierarchical/ Separated

Participatory Autocratic

(American Planning Association, 1996)

Approaches and Trends• Limit and Manage Growth• Conserve Natural Environments • Reduce Resource Consumption• Increase Living Quality (qualitative

items)• Long Term Solutions• Participations

Contexts and Problems• Globalization • International, Multinational and

Transnational Enterprises • Open trade areas • Incentive, power and regulation • Lack environmental protection in the

weak society • Lack of Knowledge• Ignorance

Applications • Each project should address all the

aspects (economic, social and environmental)

• Long term application• Conserving natural resources • Self sustained • Manageable

Economic ApplicationLocal Currency Project• Problem: the currency drains out of

the community too fast • Create local money to use within the

community• Maximize exchanges of goods and

services within the community

Economic ApplicationLocal Banking Project• Problem: loan condition does not fit

the local • Match local deposit and local loan

(small local enterprise and individuals)

• Increase opportunities and trusts• Keep capital within the community

Social ApplicationsParticipatory Project• Water Management in Gal Oya, Sri

Lanka• Problem: water shortage and tribal

conflict • Manage water usage and conflict by

two different tribes• Started by third party NGO and

transfer to the local

Environmental ApplicationLocal Energy Project• Local electric energy project: wind,

solar, recycling waste, etc. • Problem: Energy is expensive and

uncontrollable by the community• Create clean energy source managed

by the community • Utilize local resource, capital and

workforce

Conclusion • Sustainable Development addresses

economic, social and environmental problems and issues

• Create long term effects • Involves people• Conserve natural resources• Self sustained and dependent

Discussions• Sustainable development, planning,

and design related to your interests• Problems

• Locales • Theories• Practices

• Approaches • How can you address these issues?