How can the environment be improved?

Slogan: Protecting the environment is everyone’s responsibility! People and the environment achieve sustainable development

Summary: In the 1980s, our country clearly stated that environmental protection is a basic guarantee condition and strategic task in the construction of dangerous dwarfing, and it is a basic national policy. In 2001, the Fourth Session of the Ninth National People's Congress pointed out that we should promote the coordinated development of population, resources, and environment, strengthen the ecological environment, and put the implementation of sustainable development strategies in a more prominent position. The protection and comprehensive utilization of resources, strengthening of ecological construction and environmental protection have been officially included in the outline of the 10th Five-Year Plan. At the same time, the implementation of sustainable development of the ecological environment has become the common sense of mankind around the world. How can we better and more effectively protect the ecological environment on which mankind depends for survival? This depends on one key factor - people. Human beings are the main body of the ecosystem and have the greatest impact on the environment. Effectively protecting our common ecological environment is our unshirkable responsibility and obligation.

Keywords: people, nature, sustainable development, urban ecology, urban environmental ecology, structural adjustment

1. The origin of sustainable development and others

It may also be that due to constraints on productivity levels, our ancestors always operated within the ultimate carrying capacity of the environment. So we are left with a relatively stable and livable environment. However, with the advancement of modern technological productivity, energy consumption has increased infinitely, making the environment no longer able to repair itself and becoming riddled with holes. The extinction of animals and plants and the consequences of environmental damage suffered by humans have led us to propose this fashionable name - sustainable development of the ecological environment.

As an issue of global concern, sustainable development was first awakened by people and can be traced back to the first United Nations Environment Conference in 1972. In the early 1970s, futurologists from the "Club of Rome" started from environmental and ecological issues and then raised a very serious issue: the issue of sustainable development of human society. In 1987, the World Commission on Environment and Development, headed by Norwegian Prime Minister Mrs. Brundtland, officially used the concept of sustainable development in the book "Our Common Future". Two years later, the United Nations Environment Program issued a "Statement on Sustainable Development" during the 15th session of the Governing Council, which said: "Sustainable development means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations. Capacity development." Subsequently, a series of programmatic documents such as the Rio Environmental Declaration and Agenda 21 were adopted, which made the concept of sustainable development deeply rooted in people's hearts and attracted the attention of people all over the world. It also became the most popular topic at the end of the 20th century. Social topics.

The sustainable development of the ecological environment is not a self-completed development of the environment but a human-led adaptive transformation process. This is clearly stated in the first article of the Declaration on the Human Environment of the United Nations Conference on Humanity (1972). Human’s position in sustainable development: “Human beings are the creators of their environment. The environment gives people things to survive and provides them with opportunities to develop intellectually, morally, socially and spiritually...i.e. Due to the accelerated development of science and technology, human beings have gained the ability to transform their environment in countless ways and on an unprecedented scale..." How humans can take into account the ecological environment while obtaining their own interests is the key to implementing sustainable development, but And because the negative consequences of environmental damage often do not affect the environmental destroyers themselves, the awareness of environmental protection has relatively declined. In other words, ecological environmental protection is not linked to its own interests, so this will increase the implementation and management of ecological environment protection. the difficulty. China's traditional self-sufficient small-scale farmer economy is unlikely to cause much damage to the ecological environment, and predatory development and utilization can only lead to damage to one's own interests. The ancient Chinese concept of "Feng Shui" emphasizes that clear mountains and clear waters bring out talents; dangerous mountains and bad waters bring out thieves and bandits. Under the guidance of this kind of thinking, people have a desire to eradicate the environment, hoping that the benefits hanging in mid-air will come to them. This undoubtedly protects the environment and allows China's feudal production relations to continue relatively stably for thousands of years. Of course, environmentally friendly urban development also occurs from time to time. This is mostly due to human influence or the influence of the environment itself. For example, desertification in the west has covered the original fertile farmland with yellow sand, leaving future generations to taste the wind and sand. the consequences.

However, when this situation occurs, there may be an element of necessity, and modern people who destroy the environment just do it for the sake of profit. The small paper mills that have closed down in large numbers in the past few years just ignore environmental pollution. The discharge of excessive sewage without treatment has caused devastating damage to the original river ecosystem and the extinction of aquatic flora and fauna, despite the pursuit of profits by the factory owners. At the same time, sewage seepage affects the quality of groundwater, causing an imbalance in the life, health and safety of surrounding residents, causing permanent damage to the water and soil. Although the consequences of pollution are terrible, it is worth mentioning that the supervision of paper mills and public awareness and environmental awareness do need to be strengthened. Human beings should pay attention to how to solve their own conflicts in the sustainable development of the environment, regardless of whether the means of solving problems are voluntary, forced, moral or legal.

II Development of Urban Ecological Sustainable Development

Cities are centers where human beings gather and are the product of human society’s political, economic, scientific and cultural development to a certain stage. A city is a spatial and territorial system with an intensive population, an intensive economy, and stimulates science and culture, which is based on the utilization of space and environment, has the characteristics of gathering economic benefits, and aims at human progress. It is an economic entity, a political and social entity, a scientific and cultural entity The unity of entities and natural entities is the center of social politics, economy, and culture. From an ecological perspective, cities are human material and spiritual environments and wealth that have higher "value" after being processed through human creative labor. They are carriers of social activities that are more in line with human beings themselves. They are a new type of ecology in which humans have an absolute advantage. system. The urban ecosystem is a human-centered system. It not only includes the elements of the natural ecosystem, but also includes human beings and their social and economic elements. Therefore, the urban ecosystem is a natural, economic and social artificial ecosystem. From a traditional ecological point of view, the city itself is not a complete, self-stable ecosystem. However, according to the modern ecological point of view, cities also have certain characteristics of natural ecosystems and have certain relatively stable ecological functions and processes, so urban ecosystems are classified as urban ecosystems. Urban ecosystem is one of the main components of human ecosystem. It is not only a certain result of the development of the natural ecosystem to a certain stage, but also the result of the development of the human ecosystem to a certain stage.

Urban ecological sustainable development planning

Sustainable development theory is one of the theoretical foundations of urban ecological planning. Planning work is to explore the spatial structure of optimized urban ecological systems and land use. form, achieve coordinated and sustainable development of economy, society, resources and environment, and achieve the unity of social, economic and ecological benefits. Cities are places where human activities are highly concentrated, and human survival is based on the consumption of resources and environmental products. Improving the sustainability of resource and environmental utilization means maintaining the sustainable development of human activities. Therefore, ecological sustainable development is the material basis and inherent guarantee of sustainable development.

Urban ecological rules run through the principles of sustainable development:

The overall view of sustainable development

The overall benefit view of sustainable development

< p> Population view of sustainable development

Resources and environment view of sustainable development

The construction of ecologically sustainable development should meet the following requirements: including natural harmony, economic benefits, social civilization. Sustainable urban development is a long-term and arduous task, which is closely related to human beings' own interests. It is of course necessary to formulate reasonable planning plans, strengthen the management of environmental pollution, and strengthen the control of environmental hazards so that the environment can be further improved. This does not mean that if pollution is controlled, then sustainable development will occur. Sustainable development is also dynamic, a process of gradual change as people's level of understanding increases. As for the specific implementation steps, I think it should be a conscious action of the whole people, rather than just formulating a governance plan, but when and whether it should be given priority will have to be worked out by people who are forward-looking.

Yang Shihong mentioned the basic principles of sustainable development of urban ecological environment in "Urban Ecological Environment". You may wish to read it:

1. The principle of giving priority to prevention and protection

2. The principle of unity of quantity and quality of development

3. The principle of respecting nature

4. Principles of comprehensive and coordinated development

However, these principles cannot solve the vastly different urban problems. People's urban research is still at an immature stage, so the correctness of the current views does not mean that it will be established in the future. Cities are It is a part of the natural ecosystem that needs the support of the external environment, so it should be restored to the entire ecological environment in planning to reduce its bias.

3 People in the ecological environment

Man is the spirit of all things and the son of nature. Hemingway said it well: "Man can be destroyed, but he cannot be defeated." But what we should also remember is that nature can be trampled on, but it cannot be conquered. The environment nurtures the future of our humanity, and we humans should also protect the ecological environment. Thoughts are the guide to action, and special attention should be paid to people's attitude towards the environment or people's ecological awareness.

Ecological awareness has its different historical stages. The historical changes in people’s attitude towards the environment can be roughly divided into the following stages:

The first stage: environmental worship or Totem worship

The second stage: Harmony between man and nature

The third stage: Emphasizing the victory of man over nature

The fourth stage: Sustainable development stage

In the face of our fragile ecological environment, we put forward the perspective of sustainable development. All mankind must jointly follow the broad road of sustainable development. We must firmly establish a correct awareness of the ecological environment in the hearts of the masses. However, correct ecological awareness cannot arise spontaneously and must be effectively guided so that ecological awareness can guide social action. We must make great efforts to advocate ecological ethics and carry out lifelong ecological and environmental education and publicity for the whole people.

IV Conclusion

Sustainable development has become one of the hottest topics today. This indicates that people must think about the process of human development in an all-round way and seek a development model: a new model of coordinated development of economy, society and the environment, a new model of harmonious coexistence between human beings and the natural environment, a new model that not only A new model for the prosperity of this generation and the long-term sustainable development of future generations. Human beings should cherish resources and protect the environment, and this should be implemented into the thoughts and actions of everyone in society.

References:

1 "Urban Sustainable Development Planning" Yang Zhifeng et al. Science Press 2004

2 "Urban Ecological Environment" Yang Shihong et al. Authored by Science Press 2003

3 "Sustainable Development" by Zhang Kunmin China Environmental Science Press 1997

4 "Man·Nature·Sustainable Development" by Wang Wei published by Capital Normal University Society 1999

5 "Confusion and Awakening of the City" Zhou Jilun et al. Shanghai Science and Technology Press 2002

6 "Environment and People" Petroleum Industry Press 2002

7 "Urban Environmental Ecology" by Dai Tianxing

8 "Tutorial on Environment and Sustainable Development" by Tan Renjie and Jin Qiyong Wuhan University Press 2003