With the continuous growth of my country's economic development, ecological and environmental problems have become increasingly prominent, attracting great attention from countries around the world. People began to re-examine their own social and economic behaviors and the history they have traveled, and explore the coordinated development of the ecological environment and human society from different angles.
(1) The connotation of economic development and ecological environment
The process of a country getting rid of poverty and backwardness and moving towards the modernization of economic and social life is called economic development. Economic development not only means the expansion of the scale of the national economy, but also the improvement of the quality of economic and social life. Therefore, the content involved in economic development is not limited to simple economic growth, but is also accompanied by the development and changes of economic structure, political system, legal system, cultural form, and even changes in customs and habits, ideological concepts, etc., which are the qualitative aspects of national economic development. leap.
(2) The effect of human development on the ecological environment
The impact of economic development on the natural ecological environment is mainly the negative impact of the industrialization process on the ecological environment. This negative impact That is the core of the internal mechanism of coordination between the entire economic development and the ecological environment.
From a historical perspective, with the emergence and development of the industrial revolution, the natural environment began to be more and more damaged and disturbed by humans. People's ability to utilize nature is increasing day by day, causing environmental pollution and damage to the environment. Ecological damage is becoming increasingly serious, resulting in many global environmental problems.
London, England, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, was once a famous "fog city" due to air pollution, and the Thames River was also extremely polluted. For a long time, people have unilaterally pursued rapid economic development while neglecting environmental protection. Developed countries in Europe and the United States, which have entered the post-industrial era, recognized the seriousness of environmental problems earlier and gradually began environmental governance from the 1960s to 1970s.
At the same time, will many emerging developing countries also repeat the mistakes of Western industrialized countries of "development first, governance later"? This is a great challenge facing mankind as a whole. Faced with the consequences of environmental pollution, people gradually realized after deep reflection that if they do not pay attention to and value the environment, economic development will not be sustainable.
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The relationship between economic development and ecological environment
1. Traditional view - economic development conflicts with ecological environment
< p>The traditional view is that rapid economic development will inevitably lead to pollution. Economic development and ecological environmental protection are in conflict and contradiction. Environmental pollution and ecological deterioration are the inevitable results of human economic development. To develop the economy, we must endure environmental pollution. Otherwise, the economy will lose room for development.2. Modern perspective - coordination between economic development and ecological environment
Even though human activities have caused many environmental problems to the earth we live on, humans still have to continue To survive and develop, it is impossible to stagnate in the face of the deterioration of the ecological environment.
3. The relationship between the two - the coordinated development of ecological environment and economy
The two aspects of development and environment must be integrated and coordinated with each other, and cannot be denied on the grounds of environmental protection. Economic development cannot blindly emphasize development while neglecting and sacrificing the environment. "The environment and development are a dialectical relationship of interdependence, mutual promotion and mutual restriction. To achieve sustainable development is to promote the coordination and harmony of the two and make progress together.
Wuxi Law Society -On the coordination of economic development and ecological environmental protection