Explain the relevance of intergenerational equity in the definition of sustainable development.
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Keeping in view your locality, describe any four strategies of sustainable development.
What is sustainable development?
Highlight any two serious adverse environmental consequences of development in India. India's environmental problems pose a dichotomy-they are poverty induced and, at the same time, due to affluence in living standards. Is this true?
Account for the current environmental crisis.
Explain the supply-demand reversal of environmental resources.
State any four pressing environmental concerns of India. Correction for environmental damages involves opportunity costs. Explain.
Give two instances of
(a) Overuse of environmental resources
(b) Misuse of environmental resources.
Is environmental crisis a recent phenomenon? If so, why?
India has abundant natural resources - substantiate the statement.
Outline the steps involved in attaining sustainable development in India.
Explain how the opportunity costs of negative environmental impact are high.
Identify six factors contributing to land degradation in India.
What are the functions of the environment?
How do the following factors contribute to the environmental crisis in India? What problem do they pose for the government?
(i) Rising population
(ii) Air pollution
(iii) Water contamination
(iv) Affluent consumption standards
(v) Illiteracy
(vi) Industrialization
(vii) Urbanization
(viii) Reduction of forest coverage
(ix) Poaching
(x) Global warming.
wo major environmental issues facing the world today are_____________ and_____________.
Classify the following into renewable and non-renewable resources
(i) trees (ii) fish (iii) petroleum (iv) coal (v) iron-ore (vi) water
What happens when the rate of resource extraction exceeds that of their regeneration?
What is meant by environment?