1. Sustainable Development
Bhavik Khandhar

2. Introduction
• Sustainable development:
Complying with today’s
demands without
compromising the ability of
future generations to meet
their wants
• Controlled development is
the need of the hour
• Inaction will bring about the
downfall of Planet Earth’s
most intelligent species

3. Sub Divisions
• Sustainable Development
encompasses:
– Environmental
Sustainability
– Economic Sustainability
– Sociopolitical
Sustainability
• Failure to harmonize
between these 3
components can prove
detrimental to Homo Sapiens
ultimately bringing about its
downfall

4. Current Scenario
• Man is blissfully ignorant and insensitive to the
equation between his actions on the surroundings
• Persistent blame game between citizens and
government. But what about the environment?
• Need to raise awareness regarding the detrimental
effects of uncontrolled exploitation of natural
resources and increasing pollution levels amongst
others that compromises our present and endangers
our future

5. Environment sustainability
• Innumerable earth summits
coupled with prescient ideation
have led to the birth of infinite
policies
• But ‘Introduction without
Execution’ is baseless
• And ‘Execution without
Implemental action’ further
delineates the futility of it all
• Individual cognition is the best
driving force:
‘Self help is the best help’

6. Community Actions/Problems

7. Practical Solutions
• RECYCLE, RECYCLE
RECYCLE
• Conserve To Preserve:
Banning paper bags,
switching to cloth bags
• Intelligent utilization to
obviate revitalization:
Writing on both sides

8. Economic Sustainability
• Decoupling economic growth from
environment
• Incorporating eco-efficient
measures at the manufacturing and
production stage
• Advocating Green Economy
• Expediting enforcement of
environmental concerns into
organizational management and
strategizing
• Encouraging evolvement of
regulatory institutions in tandem
with cognitive ones

9. Industrial Waste Problems
• No specific disposal sites for
industrial waste; nearby
rivers bear the brunt
• Industries located in non-
conforming areas cause
water and air pollution
besides waste pollution
• No consent from local
governing bodies while
setting up industries. Hence
dealing with industrial solid
waste becomes a menace

10. Industrial Waste Solutions
• Maintaining and
allocating proper
dumping grounds
• Organizing timely
collection, treatment
and disposal of liquid
and solid wastes
• Issuing licenses to only
those industries that
abide by the law

11. Slum Waste Problems
• No segregation of
methods for disposal of
liquid and solid wastes.
For both, the disposal
methods are similar.
• This leads to overflow of
garbage, creating an
unhygienic breeding
ground for micro-
organisms which in turn
leads to break outs of
epidemics and pandemics
of myriad diseases

12. Slum Waste Solutions
• Increasing the collection
cycle of garbage every
week
• Placing two garbage bins
every 10 km with distinct
tags: liquid waste and
solid waste
• Amalgamation of civic
responsibility, by the
people and waste
management
strategies, by the
government will help curb
the problem

13. Community Actions/Problems

14. Practical Solutions
• Carpooling for local
commuting
• Walking or cycling to
cover short distances
• Using public transport
All the above will lead
to a significant
reduction in carbon
footprint emissions

15. Practical Solutions
• Introducing taxation
systems limiting a
vehicle’s carbon dioxide
emission or fuel
consumption level
• Using cheaper
alternative fuels
• Using hybrid & fuel cell
vehicles

16. Socio political sustainability
• Governmental duty to
work tirelessly for societal
upliftment through
incorporation of High
Living Standards and
Poverty Eradication
• Bridging the void between
‘Developing Economy’ and
‘Developed Economy’
• Initiating sensitivity toward
the environment while
framing policies

17. Community Actions/Problems
• India’s burgeoning
population could have
been an asset but is
proving to be its biggest
liability in terms of
increasing crime rates
and pollution levels
• Educating the rural and
urban population about
the necessities of
sustainable
development
• Throwing light on the
inter linkage between
self and environment.

18. Practical Solutions
• Providing free
education schemes for
the under privileged
• Increasing the number
of schools in rural India
• Setting up inclusive
schooling centers with
equal opportunity for
both sexes

19. Practical Solutions
• Elucidating myriad
contraceptive
techniques through
advertisements, demon
strations and free
lectures in order to curb
population growth

20. Inner Awareness – Best Solution
• Solutions for
sustainability will only
work where most
people connect with
their cities, their
environments, and each
other on an everyday
basis. This is where
change occurs and is
experienced
immediately.

21. References
• Wikipedia
• Google images
• http://www.acea.be
• http://www.lbl.gov
• http://urbanindia.nic.in

22. The End