Social Development: Environmental Sustainability and Social Well Being

Abstract

Significant changes have taken place in the discussion and
direction of development during the last two decades. A major shift
which occurred, as a result of various dialogues, was towards the noneconomic
spheres of development. The international conventions on
various themes convened by the UN have shed light on human, social
and existential dimensions of development. The less developed nations
have had an influential role in bringing in the non-economic factors in
the discussions of development. Sustainability as well as social well
being have been established as norms in development policies and
practices. But the latter, it seems, has not been adequately absorbed
into the whole discussion. An amalgamation of sustainability and social
well being is essential in devising an appropriate strategy of
development that ensures the existence of the environment and decent
living of all for the present and future generations.