Ecological Barriers to Development - a Local Perspective

• Autorzy: Andrzej Graczyk , Zbigniew Jakubczyk , Romuald Jończy
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The existence of human society is dependent on the constant use of air, water, food, raw materials and sources of energy from the Earth and its atmosphere. This leads to the constant pollution of the Earth by waste and pollutants. The limits of economic development are determined by the capacity of the Earth's sources1 of the required streams of materials and energy and the capacity of the Earth's sinks2 to absorb waste and pollution [Meadows and Randers, 1972, 40]. The use of any type of resource by human society, regardless of whether it is food, timber, oil, iron, or any other resource, is constrained both by its sources and sinks. The naturę of these constraints is highly complex, sińce these sources and sinks form part of a dynamie, interconnected whole: the Earth. Some constraints are much clearer than others. There are both short-term and long-term constraints. The fact that in generał these sources and sinks interact with each other is crucial. An element of the natural environment can play the role of both source and sink. In this case, its capacity to play one of these roles depends on the degree to which it plays the other role [King and Schneider, 1984]. (fragment of text)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Local development; Environmental barriers to economic development

PL

Rozwój lokalny; Ekologiczne bariery rozwoju gospodarczego

• Czasopismo: Economic and Environmental Studies
• Rocznik: 2004
• Numer: Vol. 6
• Strony: 125--135

Twórcy

autor

Andrzej Graczyk

• Wrocław University of Economics, Poland

autor

Zbigniew Jakubczyk

• Wrocław University of Economics, Poland

autor

Romuald Jończy

• Opole University of Technology, Poland

Bibliografia

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