Encontro de Energia no Meio Rural

Abstract

ANDRADE, Rubenildo Vieira, LORA, Electo Eduardo Silva and DUPAS, Francisco A. Recursos naturais, demografia e desenvolvimento: uma analise baseada no relatório de desenvolvimento humano 2001 da ONU. In Procedings of the 4th Encontro de Energia no Meio Rural, 2002, Campinas (SP) [online]. 2002 [cited 19 April 2024]. Available from: <http://www.proceedings.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=MSC0000000022002000200048&lng=en&nrm=iso> .

This papers presents a global analyzes of the existing relationship between natural resources consumption and the level of economical development. Population growth acts like a pressure factor on the use of natural resources, and at the same time has an evident influence on development indexes. As a result a sustainability potential was detected, characterized by reduction possibilities in water and energy consumption, that does not affect the economic development. The Human Development Index (HDI) is used as the development level indicator for different countries.

Keywords : Índice de desenvolvimento humano; demografia; recursos hídricos; poluição; desenvolvimento sustentável.