ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
KRISHNAKUMAR C S
PGT ECONOMICS
DAV-BHEL SCHOOL,
RANIPET
• ENVIRONMENT
• Environment is defined as the total planetary
inheritance and the totality of all resources.
• Environment includes biotic and abiotic
elements.
SUPPLIES RESOURCES ABSORBS WASTE
FUNCTIONS
OF
ENVIRONMENT
SUSTAINS LIFE PROVIDES AESTHETIC SERVICES
RESOURCES
Anything that satisfies human
wants are called Resources.
Renewable Resources
• Resources that can be reproduced by
physical, chemical and biological
processes are called Renewable
Resources.
• They are inexhaustible.
• Plants, Animals, Solar Energy and Wind
Energy are Renewable Resources.
Non-Renewable Resources
• Resources that cannot be reproduced are
called Non - Renewable Resources.
• They are exhaustible.
• Minerals, Coal, Petroleum are
Non- Renewable Resources.
Environment Absorbs Waste
• The waste generated by human beings and other
living organisms are absorbed by the environment.
They gradually disappear and become part of
environment.
• Environment sustains life by providing genetic and
bio diversity.
• Environment can perform its functions well if they
are within the carrying capacity of environment.
Carrying Capacity implies that:
(a) The rate of resource extraction should be less than
the rate of resource formation.
(b) Generation of waste should be with in the
absorptive capacity of the environment.
Large scale pollution and depletion of
resources
CAUSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS
RAPID GROWTH OF POPULATION
AIR POLLUTION
WATER CONTAMINATION
AFFLUENT CONSUMPTION STANDARDS
ILLITERACY
INDUSTRIALISATION
URBANISATION
REDUCTION OF FOREST COVERAGE
POACHING
GLOBAL WARMING
RAPID GROWTH OF POPULATION
• Rapid growth of population results in large scale
utilisation of resources. Resources get exhausted.
• It also leads to large scale generation of waste. It is
beyond the absorptive capacity of the environment.
AIR POLLUTION
• Air pollution refers to the addition of harmful
substances to the atmosphere.
• Industrial development and the increased use of
motor vehicles caused large scale pollution of the
air.
• Carbon di oxide content is increasing. It leads to
Global Warming.
• The addition of CFC gases leads to ozone layer
depletion.
• Several diseases spread due to air pollution.
WATER CONTAMINATION
• Water contamination refers to the addition of
harmful substances to water.
• The dumbing of urban waste and waste water
causes water pollution.
• Waste water from industrial units is taken to water
bodies like river.
• The polluted water cannot be used by man.
• Several
AFFLUENT CONSUMPTION STANDARDS