Open AccessBevolkingsgroei, ekonomiese ontwikkeling en drakapasiteit van die omgewing — is hulle versoenbaar of in konflik?
Author(s) -
A. E. F. Heydom
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie/die suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2222-4173
pISSN - 0254-3486
DOI - 10.4102/satnt.v15i1.631
Subject(s) - natural resource , population , competition (biology) , political science , population growth , environmental ethics , economic growth , development economics , geography , sociology , ecology , biology , economics , law , demography , philosophy
In South Africa, as in many other countries, human population growth is currently reaching levels which render competition for basic human needs such as land and water, inevitable. Concurrent to population growth is the absolute necessity for economic development and job opportunities which, in turn, make tremendous demands upon the environment and natural resource base. As a consequence ever greater emphasis is placed by the news media on apparent conflicts between industrial development and social needs on the one hand, and conservation of the environment and natural resources on the other