why might it be more difficult to successfully practice sustainable development in a developing nation than in a developed nation?
2006-11-14 11:45:42 · 2 answers · asked by vicky 1 in Social Science ➔ Economics
In a developing nation, you are trying to provide enough food and shelter for everyone. Therefore, if someone has a choice between killing an endangered animal in the forest and letting their family starve, they will kill the endangered animal. In the same way, if someone is starving or needs wood to build a shelter for their family, they won't think twice about chopping down a forest to earn a little income or get some wood to build a house or light a fire to stay warm.
In a developed country, people have the basics to survive and are then able to value wildlife and to set land aside in national parks without needing armed guards patrolling it. Consequently, sustainable development and the environment is something that people want more of as they become richer. This is similar to luxuries such as TVs, expensive cars etc (you don't need them to live, but as people get richer they buy more of them) and therefore the environment is what economists call a 'luxury good' when considered from this perspective.
2006-11-14 13:11:45 · answer #1 · answered by eco101 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the concept of sustainable developement is a socialist fabrication. Designed to hold back the advancement of mankind.
2006-11-14 22:00:18 · answer #2 · answered by Roadkill 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋