sustainable development
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Sustainable Development.
What is sustainable development?
• Sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. – The World commission on Environment and
Development UN 1987.
We will be looking at the following.
Sustainable Food
Sustainable water supply.
The Natural Environment.
The Urban Environment.
Starting With…
• Sustainable Water supply.
Sustainable How?
• What effects a water supply?– Physical
• Geology• Relief• Climate.
– Technological– Political
Physical.
• Geology– Types of rock and soil- Using your knowledge of River
systems how is this important?
• Relief.– Shape of the land- Using your knowledge of River
systems how is this important?
• Climate– How much rain there is- Using your knowledge of
River systems how is this important?
Getting water to high ground
Political.
Factors that influence the demand of water.
• Demographic.
• Use an atlas to find a population map of Africa and compare it to the following map showing the level of water supply.
Factors that influence the demand of water.
• Economic.
• MEDC
• LEDC