Theory of Eco-development

Abstract

The term ‘eco-development’ was coined by the Secretary General of the 1972 Stockholm Conference of the Human Environment, Maurice Strong. He used it to mean an alternative form of economic development to the present pattern of economic expansion. In its present usage it refers to more than an economic theory. It is also a social and political theory associated with such names as Ignacy Sachs, Johann Galtung, Howard Daugherty, Charles JeanneretGrosjean. It is espoused by many economists and developers associated with various organisms of international organizations, as for example, the UNEP/UNCTAD Symposium, Cocoyoc, 1974, the UN Conference on Raw Materials and Development, New York, 1974, and research centres affiliated with international organisations such as the Centre international de recherche sur l’environnement, Paris, and the International Institute for Environment and Society, Berlin, as well as some state governmental departments such as Environment Canada, CIDA, and the Science and Technology Council of Mexico.