Problems and solutions The process of economic globalization has turned the world into a market, factory; -where no corner of the earth is safe from the depredations of industrialization, the dead - zone of consumerism or the accumulation of human-made garbage and toxic waste! Environment and development in HK and China But there are unique challenges facing Hong Kong given its history, its geographical location and a host of other factors that require unique approaches Consultants and planners observed that Agenda 21 is not sufficiently focused on local issues and HK had to address sustainability on its own terms; ..and so, sd was defined as thus Development and ecodevelopment The central issue here is the binary relationship which exists between mankind as consumer and environment as provider4 Problems and solutions….. • The process of economic globalization has turned the world into a market, factory;- where no corner of the earth is safe from the depredations of industrialization, the dead-zone of consumerism or the accumulation of human-made garbage and toxic waste!! Environment and development in HK and China….. But there are unique challenges facing Hong Kong given its history, its geographical location and a host of other factors that require unique approaches. Consultants and planners observed that Agenda 21 is not sufficiently focused on local issues and HK had to address sustainability on its own terms;….. and so, SD was defined as thus…... Development and ecodevelopment….. The central issue here is the binary relationship which exists between mankind as consumer and environment as provider