ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The word ‘Sustainable Development’ came into existence in the year?
A
1992
B
1978
C
1980
D
1987
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1980, the International Union for Conservation of Nature published a world conservation strategy that included one of the first references to sustainable development as a global priority and introduced the term “sustainable development".

Detailed explanation-2: -Robert Allen (1980) defined sustainable development as ‘development that is likely to achieve lasting satisfaction of human needs and improvement of the quality of human life’.

Detailed explanation-3: -The “official” definition of sustainable development was developed for the first time in the Brundtland Report in 1987. Specifically, sustainable development is a way of organizing society so that it can exist in the long term.

Detailed explanation-4: -In which year the term ‘Sustainable Development’ came into existence? Explanation: In 1980, ‘Sustainable Development’ came into existence.

Detailed explanation-5: -It is also known as the Brundtland Report, in honor of the former prime minister of Norway, Gro Harlem Brundtland, who played a central role in drafting it.

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