Sustainable development

Sustainable development means, focusing on its simple definition, a development that must continue.

The three components of sustainable development

  • Social sustainability
  • Economic sustainability
  • Environmental sustainability

Main sustainable development goals

  • Preservation of environmental resources
  • Public involvement: environmental protection
  • Improvements in the quality of life for all: social progress and equality
  • Stable economic growth

To sum up

Sustainable development    
Social Economic Environmental
  • Quality of life
  • Education
  • Health
  • Social integration
  • Cultural diversity
  • Increase public participation
  • Economy growth
  • Employment 
  • International trade
  • Reduce poverty
  • Increase productivity
  • Reduce pollution
  • Environmental protection
  • Preservation of resources
  • Biodiversity
  • Production and fertility

Sustainable economic growth

Sustainable development is essential to economic growth because it means that development must take place without harming the environment. Moreover, current development must not compromise the resources of future generations.

Measuring development

GDP: Gross Domestic Product

HDI: Human Development Index

The growth rate of a country is shown in the value of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. The influence of human energy resources is manifested in the HDI value which can impact the level of economic growth through the value of its GDP.

The higher the HDI, the better.

Barriers to development

  • Poverty and exclusion
  • Unemployment
  • Climate change
  • Loss of biodiversity
  • Pollution