Lecture 4 Sustainable Development The concept of resource Hunker(1964)pointed out that a resource can no longer be conceived as a tangible object; but a functional relationship that exists between mans wants, his abilities, and his appraisal of his environment. As a result resources have been given such names as: Natural: H Natral resource: is anything created through natural processes that people use and/rvalue Human resources. This includes human-made resources which are creations or inventions such as money, factories, computers, information, laboretc Indeed, resources became to satisfy man's wants in biological(food, shelter, comfort) and cultural(values aspirations)needs. And these exists both at the individual and sociallevels a To create and manage these resources, we employ our technological and organizational abilities a In summary, a resource is an attribute of the environment appraised by man to be of value over time within constraints imposed by his social, political, economic, and institutionalframework. The characteristics of resources are -Cultural values -technology -economic system, as well as human The concept of sustainability Since the publication of the brundtland report on 'Our Common Future'in 1987, sustaina ble development has gained world-wide attention and received extensive discussions at different international forums I In the report, 'sustainable development is defined as 'development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability offuture generations to meet their own needs. The main principle is that all human beings are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature. The right to development must be fulfilled so as to equita bly meet development and environmental needs of present and future generations.1 Lecture 4 Sustainable Development The concept of Resource Hunker (1964) pointed out that a resource can no longer be conceived as a tangible object; but a functional relationship that exists between man’s wants, his abilities, and his appraisal of his environment. As a result resources have been given such names as: Natural; Human ◼ Natural resource: is anything created through natural processes that people use and/or value. ◼ Human resources: This includes human-made resources which are creations or inventions such as money, factories, computers, information, labor etc. ◼ Indeed, resources became to satisfy man’s wants in biological (food, shelter, comfort) and cultural (values aspirations) needs. And these exists both at the individual and social levels. ◼ To create and manage these resources, we employ our technological and organizational abilities. ◼ In summary, a resource is an attribute of the environment appraised by man to be of value over time within constraints imposed by his social, political, economic, and institutional framework. The characteristics of resources are: -Cultural values, -technology, -economic system, as well as human The concept of sustainability ◼ Since the publication of the Brundtland Report on ‘Our Common Future’ in 1987, sustainable development has gained world-wide attention and received extensive discussions at different international forums. ◼ In the report, ‘sustainable development’ is defined as ‘development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.’ ◼ The main principle is that all human beings are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature. The right to development must be fulfilled so as to equitably meet development and environmental needs of present and future generations