Sustainable Development

This book sets out the actions that could transform the lives of hundreds of millions of people, in particular the poor people and make a planet a better and safer place for our children and their children. It spells out what needs to be done to achieve key targets for national development. Following a series of summit meetings held by the apex international organisations over the past twenty years, the developmental targets have been agreed by all the participant countries in relation of poverty reduction and sustainable development. This book introduced and discusses the targets for development in terms of economic well being, social and human development, environmental sustainability and regeneration, scope for achieving the development targets, the seven habitat agenda commitments, the impact of urbanisation, rural and urban livelihoods, institutional and political challenges, effective local and national action, e.g. population stabilisation-nutrition, water and sanitation, health, women-children and old aged person’s protection, mechanism for development initiatives, guiding principles or strategy and its priorities.