STRATEGIC SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Strategic Sustainable Development

Strategic Sustainable Development

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Introduction

Recentlt, urban sprawl, technical progress, and the utilization of natural resources have worked combinely to transform the planet in remarkable manners. On one side, ecosystem pollution and devastation have created grave troubles. On the other side, the pattern of life has progressed for many persons internationally. As the huge financial and other costs of these problems have become more obvious, people have grown more aware of the need for a proactive approach to preserving the natural environment through the wise management and enlightened design of the man-made environment. There is a growing conviction that we can deliberately shape human environments and simultaneously promote a greater sensitivity to and respect for the integrity of our natural world. (Yvonne 2010, 123)

Nowadays, ecological concerns for under- construction projects and have received global importance. The developing and developed countries must implement general caring ways to handle general ecological problems. Though, developing and developed countries face similar issues but some circumstances are very dissimilar. This paper compares and contrasts the actions that both developing and developed countries may take to save the atmosphere from the bad effects of new developments, bearing their separate and common conditions in mind.

Discussion

From initial design to final use, architectural and industrial structures and the systems that support them necessarily draw upon natural resources for materials and energy. Construction makes an enormous demand on resources and raw materials. It is also the single largest contributor to the stream of waste and environmental contamination. Design professionals, who shape our information, our tools, and our built environment, are regarded as an indispensable source of solutions that can prevent further degrading of the environment, if not fix the harm that has been done previously. (Andrew 2009 15-20)

In the middle of the twentieth century, many buildings were designed and built without energy efficiency or environmental "friendliness." Houses, office buildings, and factories were often made of materials that were unstable or even dangerous (asbestos insulation, for example). Similarly, some of the most popular architectural styles, for example, the "glass-box" office buildings representative of the International Style, were very inefficient in their energy consumption. These buildings are expensive to operate and are over-reliant on natural resources. (Charles 2012, 36)

Construction Projects and Environment

In the late twentieth century many citizens in Western societies began to recognize that if other societies consumed resources at the same rate that they did, the ecosystem soon would be exhausted and unable to reproduce itself. That recognition motivated the UNO to charter the WCED (World Council on Environment and Development) to examine techniques by which the evident clash between environmental degradation and economic development might be reconciled. In the conflict between ecological safety and economic development unsustainable development usually is associated with the industrial and transportation sectors. Although industrial wastes and automobile emissions contribute substantially to degraded environmental and social conditions, they are not the largest source of the problem. (Derek 2012, 98) Responses To The Challenge

According to the ...