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paying immigrants demand service as they have paid tax the native people often see
newcomer as uninvited burden to already depleting resources.
Safety has been a neglected issue in many developing countries. Safety includes
workplace safety (Fig. 4.17), water safety (Fig. 4.18), food safety, electrical safety,
road safety (Figs. 4.19 and 4.20), healthcare establishment safety, drug safety, cosmetic safety, fire safety and radioactive safety, to name a few. Hazard identification
and risk analysis (HIRA) is often overseen by town planners. Even though jargons
like disaster management and emergency preparedness plan is often heard and read
in public documents, due to international interference, in reality the choking roads
and faulty building often leave no space for escape routes during disasters.
International cooperation is materializing with respect to environment and disaster management and will continue to happen as pollution and risk do not respect
international boundary and jump from one country to other country. Without international health surveillance, knowledge transfer and international financial assistant
health of global citizens will be difficult to achieve.
Sustainable futures will become distant reality if the governments always look
out for external financial support. The developing world either looks out for assistance in terms of loan or grant without aiming to create their own resources generation or cost cutting. As a result, they end up spending on international consultancy
and in bulky report which is often unread and left in racks.
Intersectoral action for development, planning and management cannot be
expected in the absence of situational leadership. The committees, meeting and
discussions would be often led by a few influential individuals without much scope
Fig. 4.8 Waste burning in residential area
4.2 Governing Principle
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