Disaster and the Environment - Trainer's Guide - 2nd edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 74 p.): PART 3: MITIGATING ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION: 24. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Disaster and the Environment - Trainer's Guide - 2nd edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 74 p.)

PART 3: MITIGATING ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

		22. PART 3: LEARNING OBJECTIVES
		23. WHY MITIGATE?
		24. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
		25. ECONOMIC POLICIES
		26. HUMAN-ORIENTED POLICIES
		27. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
		28. SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
		29. THE EFFECTS OF WAR
		30. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
		31. SUMMARY - PART 3
		32. SUMMARY - PART 3 (CONTINUED)

24. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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Discuss the definition of sustainable development. Ask the participants if this concept is operational in their countries. Ask the participants how disaster planning and mitigation are integrated into this concept. How does it fit into the ways of studying the environment mentioned in Part I? (Show OH 3 again.)

Development that meets the needs of the present without limiting the potential to meet the needs of future generations.