Sustainable development is an economic and social development that meets the needs of the current generation without under determining the ability to future generations to meet their own needs.
Need and Importance
The need and importance of sustainable development are to balance our economic, environmental and social needs, allowing well-being for now and up-coming generations.Sustainable development encourages us to conserve and enhance our resource base, by gradually changing the methods in which we develop and use technologies. Countries must be allowed to meet their basic needs of employment, food, energy, water and sanitation.It implies those ways in which development activities does not cause damage to the environment. No doubt it sets certain limits on the human activities. When supply cannot be increased the needs must be reduced; there is no other way out. Sustainable development increased the use of perpetual natural resources and decreases that of the non-renewable ones. It makes careful management of the renewable natural resources. Sustainable development brings harmony between human beings and nature. Needs of people are better fulfilled and it makes human consumers realize the value of nature. Sustainable development ensures the meaningful investment of capital and other means because development is smooth and durable, and the environment is protected. But sustainable development brings conflict between the human beings and nature. Money invested is wasted because development cannot be durable. Instead brings troubles like the ones explained in above example.