In the past centuries our ancestors tried to
live within their basic limitations which were gratified by helping other
people. The change which was made by the time has changed everything without
changing the reality that was preached by the load Buddha. In this century the
most of people living in the middle of the phase which was made by have and
have not. The most of people questions about the insufficient resources to
gratify without concerning future generation. In the present we are gradually
experiencing direct and indirect aftermaths of people’s officious intermediating
on physical and psychical compliments. According to this view number of concept
and ideologies follow to address this updated problem.
Hence as human beings all we have to focus
our attention on above ideology to stabilize the inheritance of the future
generation.
In this article I would make effort to keep
your unconscious need on the conscious active participation. In the area of social
science, ideas which affect millions of people and guide the policies of
nations must be accessible to all, not just to elite. Then try to understand the concept of sustainable
development how could be utilization relevant to your field.
In the beginning of industrial and
capitalistic growth, they identify development as a main concept. But subsequently
the economic growth is not recognized as an only vital tool of the development.
In that view development is qualitative changing which is happening in every
section of the society. In other words development is qualitative change that
is happening in economic and social organ. The change should be revolutionary
weigh with not only economically socially culturally educationally and health
but also attitudes and person sentiments. Then they should have high attitudes
on person mind and how to manage philosophy also.
There are three core values of the
development.
·
The ability
to meet basic needs.
There should be the ability of achieving
foods, cloths, habitation, water, medicine to survive without any restriction.
·
To be a
person.
There should be the ability of living with
identity, dignity, respect, honor or recognition without any restriction
·
To be able
to choose freedom from servitude.
There should be the ability of choosing an
own ideology, political philosophy, political participation also without any
restriction.
There are
several methods to measure the development in economics and sociology. Per
capita income, physical quality of life index, human development index,
knowledge economy index act.
What is
sustainability development?
We hear the
term “sustainable development” in high-level discussions; we see it in
political platforms and on corporate websites. More and more universities have
programmes covering the field. Indeed, sustainable development has become a
kind of conceptual touchstone, one of the defining ideas of contemporary
society.
Although the essence of
the concept of sustainable development is clear enough, the exact
interpretation and definition of sustainable development has caused
strong discussions (Ciegis, 2004).
Whatever it is we should take
into consideration the fact that the concept of sustainable development may be
difficult to understand and may have different meaning depending on the
analyzed literature on the concept in which it is used. For this reason, in the
article I suppose to present several descriptions of sustainable development
that would include multiple aspects of this concept.
Sustainable
development is development which meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
-World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987, Our Common
Future-
Thus, when
analyzing sustainable development and its management, the following questions
arise. what does the concept sustainability actually mean? What is the
content of this concept? In scientific literature, sustainable development has
been analyzed in different qualitative aspects, such as economic, social,
ecologic, institutional, ethical, political, etc.
‘Munasinghe (1994) presented an even broader view of
sustainable development, defining it as the process of increasing the
spectrum of alternatives allowing individuals and communities to realize their
aspirations and potential in the long perspective, at the same time maintaining
the regeneration ability in economic, social, and ecological systems’
When we
consider above definitions which were tried to covering the status of the
concept could be come to common accordance for analyzing the activities of the
society. Hence At the end of this short introduction, i will mention the
definition that was used in the National Strategy of Sustainable Development
(2003)
Sustainable
development is the society’s development that creates the possibility for
achieving overall wellbeing for the present and the future generations
through combining environmental, economic, and social aims of the society
without exceeding the allowable limits of the effect on the environment.
Then the
sustainability is the concept that should be followed in the conversation on
social development and we cannot achieve appropriate results which are proposed
by wasting vital social capital.
Debates on the Concept of Sustainable Development from Different Academic Perspectives
It is noteworthy that in
different subjects sustainable development is defined differently. Here I will
try to see the development in the view of sociology. Firstly I mention the referent point of view to look at the definition of sustainable development.
a)
In
economics it is
development ensuring that the per capita income of future generations is not
lower than that of the present generation;
b)
In
sociology it is
development that preserves the community, i.e. maintains close social
relationships in communities;
c) In ecology it is development that
preserves the diversity of biological species, essential ecosystems, and ecological processes.
Sustainability forces
limitations upon the society’s ability to exchange with the surrounding natural
systems and upon the society’s structure as well. It has trustable engagement
within social and ecological perspectives. Then it’s very uncomfortable to make
a consensus without addressing social sustainability socio-cultural perspective
as well.
People-oriented the social-cultural
sustainability concept reflects the interface between development and
dominating social norms and strives to maintain the stability of social systems.
(Chambers, 1989; Bohle et al., 1994; Ribot et al., 1996).
Although
the growth in per capita incomes over the last decade has been associated with
a decrease in overall poverty levels, there is growing regional disparity in incomes
and poverty levels. The ongoing ethno nationalistic conflict continues to have
a serious impact on the socio-economic situation in the country, and has inflicted considerable damage to natural
resources.
Then we have to pay attention in
this regard more than ever for stabilizing the social situation with developing
social cultural norms and values on behalf of the future generation.
The
concept of sustainable development through the services of probation and child
care institution.
Here I intend to have a conversation through the deliberation with
the support of institutional perspective, how to deal with the social
phenomenal special reference to probation and childcare services in srilankan
society. In that view sustainable development should be a radical change trough
a social stimulation that using a structural time period. It has not physical
figure to identifying the social situation which is being establishing step by
step within structural period.
In sociological perspectives, the change which we expect to have
positive direction could be attitudes change or behavioral change. The most of
societies have deep advertency on physical development index. But recently they
look at the social indexes which are more consequence on sustainable
development. In that view we have a vital obligation to render as a government
officer for a better society.
Then the question is how we can apply our contribution for that application.
There is no main idea or path to engage with that work. So whatever you do that
should be underscore the main point that survive the condition of sustainable
development.
The Sri Lanka Strategy for Sustainable
Development (SLSSD) seeks to achieve this vision through eradication of
poverty, ensuring competitiveness of the economy, improving social development,
ensuring good governance, and a clean and healthy environment. These five goals
prioritize the challenges that have to be addressed in the path to achieving
sustainable development.
Then there
are several main factors that take into consideration when implementing a new
project on development sector.
01. EFFICIENCY
02. EQUITY WELFARE
03. ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY
04. RELATIVE TECHNOLOGY
According to above profile it’s very
essential to create sustainable development project that are usually friendly
but something different sustainable society.
With the main factors which are mentioned
above we have to engage in great need of achieving profitable social
development with these main sections. These are because of the sustainable
development.
01. Economic sustainability
We know that there are major development
project that were implemented after the war situation in Srilanka. In some projects have been implemented with
the help of direct foreign debt. Some projects are running in the connection
with government investment. Whatever it is the fact that every development
projects were launched for the welfare of the community.
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