If no one really knows what it is, who’s accountable for it,
how do you measure it, and then how do you know if you’ve
achieved it?
(Cole 2012)
Architecture is measured against the past; you build in the
future, and you try to imagine the future.
Richard Rogers
People obtain the perception of development, when physical factors (new buildings,
trees, infrastructure facilities) enhance the daily lives of citizens, through some
amalgamation of social, economic, and institutional practices. Development in all
societies must include a minimum of improvement in the availability of basic goods,
an increase in the standards of living, and a wide variety of economic and social
choices accessible to individuals. Sustainable development should allow us to satisfy
our own needs, while we keep in mind that enough resources must remain to permit
future generations to meet their own needs. Of course, extractive industries might
hinder such goals, but the notions of extractive economies and inclusive economic
institutions are also discussed to show how infrastructure, properly planned and
implemented, can help in achieving the sustainable development goals.
4.1 Objectives of Development
4.1.1 The Three Objectives of Development
When physical factors (new buildings, trees, facilities) improve the daily lives of
citizens, through some amalgamation of social, economic, and institutional practices
(Todaro and Smith 2014), people obtain the perception of development. Without
getting into the details causing this perception, development in all societies must
include a minimum of the following three goals:
1. Improvement in the availability of basic goods, such as shelter, food, health,
and protection and their broad distribution.
2. Increase in the standards of living, comprising, higher incomes, the creation of
more jobs, better education, and the promotion of cultural and humanistic values,
all of them enhancing material well-being and generating better individual and
national self-esteem.
3. Expansion of the variety of economic and social choices accessible to individuals and nations by reducing or eliminating dependence on other people and
nation-states.
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how do you measure it, and then how do you know if you’ve
achieved it?
(Cole 2012)
Architecture is measured against the past; you build in the
future, and you try to imagine the future.
Richard Rogers
People obtain the perception of development, when physical factors (new buildings,
trees, infrastructure facilities) enhance the daily lives of citizens, through some
amalgamation of social, economic, and institutional practices. Development in all
societies must include a minimum of improvement in the availability of basic goods,
an increase in the standards of living, and a wide variety of economic and social
choices accessible to individuals. Sustainable development should allow us to satisfy
our own needs, while we keep in mind that enough resources must remain to permit
future generations to meet their own needs. Of course, extractive industries might
hinder such goals, but the notions of extractive economies and inclusive economic
institutions are also discussed to show how infrastructure, properly planned and
implemented, can help in achieving the sustainable development goals.
4.1 Objectives of Development
4.1.1 The Three Objectives of Development
When physical factors (new buildings, trees, facilities) improve the daily lives of
citizens, through some amalgamation of social, economic, and institutional practices
(Todaro and Smith 2014), people obtain the perception of development. Without
getting into the details causing this perception, development in all societies must
include a minimum of the following three goals:
1. Improvement in the availability of basic goods, such as shelter, food, health,
and protection and their broad distribution.
2. Increase in the standards of living, comprising, higher incomes, the creation of
more jobs, better education, and the promotion of cultural and humanistic values,
all of them enhancing material well-being and generating better individual and
national self-esteem.
3. Expansion of the variety of economic and social choices accessible to individuals and nations by reducing or eliminating dependence on other people and
nation-states.
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