In regional development, three main dimensions must be balanced for long-term Sustainability.
- People means social dimensions
- The planet means environment dimensions
- Profit means economic dimensions.
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After the Industrial Revolution, environmental dimensions were neglected, due to this many environmental degradation issues in the world are facing today like climate change, pollutions, Plastic waste, etc. It has been proved through experience that environmental dimensions of development can not be ignored. In the long run damage to the environment directly cost economic growth.
The following environmental issues happen in regional planning:
- Environment pollutions, water, air, soil pollution
- Climate change
- Acid rain
- Flood, landslide, drought
- Large scale settlement and migration due to flood, drought, submergence of land.
The environmental issues involved because of the faulty regional planning in the following field.:
- Agriculture: chemical fertilizers, chemical pesticides used
- River project: construction of the big dam, diversion of river water,
- Disposal of untreated sewage
- Mining in hilly area and silting of the river
- Deforestation
- Overpopulation
- Wrong City Designing
- Unplanned Migration
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