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THE SUSTAINABILITY OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY - Coggle Diagram
THE SUSTAINABILITY OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Is needed
Exploits (doesn't deplete) renewable resources
Doesn't harm natural spaces or their inhabitants
Resources
Not inexhaustible and are of global interest
Use them according to
(established by the United Nations)
Social
Principles related to economic
Environmental sustainability
Brundtland report in 1987 and Rio Summit
Rio Conference and Earth Summit 1992
Sustainable activities
Are needed led to
Demand for natural resources
Meet society's consumption needs
Most advanced countries
Need more raw materials to convert and consume
AREAS
Tropical areas
Trees cut down in jungles
That have
Extract minerals
Convert land into grazing areas (for livestock)
Great speed to obtain wood
Causes irreparable damage
Great biodiversity
Desert areas
Extraction of petroleum, natural gas and minerals
Arctic areas
Alaska, Northern Siberia
Deserts
Arabia, Sahara, Kalahari, Atacama
Causes
Major pollution
Damaging effect on few inhabitants
Mountain areas
Delicate ecosystem is altered
Demands on these
Wood, minerals, water, recreational areas and winter sports
Coastal areas
Water on the continental shelf
Makes the main fishing area
Very polluted
Because of industry and coastal construction
Negatively affected by
Exploitation of underwater oil and gas deposits
Offshore wind farms
