Building on Sand! Can Environmentally Unfriendly (Economic) Development Sustains?

Fesseha Mulu Gebremariam

Building on Sand! Can Environmentally Unfriendly (Economic) Development Sustains?

Fesseha Mulu Gebremariam * § BA in PhilosophyMA candidate in Development Management

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This paper aims to show the closer link exists between the natural environment and economic development. It argues environment is a foundation for economic development. It is obvious that nature provides us with natural resources by which we humans can satisfy our desires. But, the problem is, humans go beyond a limit, and intervene in nature. The concentration of carbon dioxide has increased since the pre-industrial era primarily due to the combustion of fossil fuels and deforestation. Environmental degradation and environmental change have, therefore, threatened people’s health, physical security, material needs and social cohesion. Therefore, improper exploitation of natural resources and unlimited intervention in the natural environment jeopardizes the sustainability of any development.

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Fesseha Mulu Gebremariam. 2017. "Building on Sand! Can Environmentally Unfriendly (Economic) Development Sustains?". Global Journal of Human-Social Science - B: Geography, Environmental Science & Disaster Management GJHSS-B Volume 17 (GJHSS Volume 17 Issue B1).

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJHSS

Print ISSN 0975-587X

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Submission ReceivedDecember 7, 2016
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Accepted January 4, 2017
Published January 15, 2017

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Country: Ethiopia

Subject: Global Journal of Human-Social Science - B: Geography, Environmental Science & Disaster Management

Authors: Fesseha Mulu Gebremariam (PhD/Dr. count: 0)

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