Sustainable Development.

What is sustainable development?

• Sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. – The World commission on Environment and

Development UN 1987.

We will be looking at the following.

Sustainable Food

Sustainable water supply.

The Natural Environment.

The Urban Environment.

Starting With…

• Sustainable Water supply.

Sustainable How?

• What effects a water supply?– Physical

• Geology• Relief• Climate.

– Technological– Political

Physical.

• Geology– Types of rock and soil- Using your knowledge of River

systems how is this important?

• Relief.– Shape of the land- Using your knowledge of River

systems how is this important?

• Climate– How much rain there is- Using your knowledge of

River systems how is this important?

Technological issues of water supply.

Getting water to high ground

Political.

Factors that influence the demand of water.

• Demographic.

• Use an atlas to find a population map of Africa and compare it to the following map showing the level of water supply.

Factors that influence the demand of water.

• Economic.

• MEDC

• LEDC