Environment Vis a Vis Development:Where will it End

In twenty first century, economic growth and modernization have been pursued aggressively by nation states. Improved quality of life, increased health care, education, urbanization etc. have made demands on the environment by using finite natural resources generating wastes or near depletion of natural resources. Land and water are the two resources whose scarcity has nearly jeopardized growth for future generations. Demographic pressure, moral density and over population are attributing factors. This paper attempts to identify these interlink ages vis a vis sustainable development from a sociological perspective. Decisions taken at every level throughout society should have due regard to their possible environmental consequence. Only then the philosophy of sustainable development can be attained keeping the environment intact for the future generations.