Principles and Application of Sustainable Development

Abstract

At present, sustainable development has become the consensus of governments and the people around the world, and has come from concept to practice. However, it involves the reform of population, resources, environment, production, technology, institutions, and concept. In order to achieve this goal, the road is long and full of hardships in the future. Especially for China, which is a country confronted with an enormous population, a serious shortage of resources per capita, high pressure on employment, outstanding ecological and environmental problems, and the promotion of regional sustainable development has important practical significance. To promote sustainable development, first we need to choose an index that can fully reflect regional natural, economical and social characteristics from the perspective of system, then follow certain principles to establish evaluation indicator or indicator system to evaluate the sustainable development. Single index or multi-index evaluation method can be used for the evaluation of sustainable development. Eco-compensation aims at the conservation and sustainable use of ecosystem services; it is an institutional arrangement that regulates the relationship between different stakeholders using economic method and an important means to realize sustainable development. In China, the theory and practice of eco-compensation has experienced the following stage in turn: groping spontaneously, theoretical research, and combining theory and practice. On the whole, the goal of realizing global sustainable development reflects the coordination between human and nature, and between different individuals. Coordination between human and nature provides guarantee for sustainable development, and guarantee of harmonious relations between different individuals reflect the rationality and orderly organization of sustainable development. Implementing the strategy of sustainable development in China, is not only an inevitable choice in the long term, but an inevitable conclusion to improve and promote their development ability in the contrast with countries all over the world.