Encontro de Energia no Meio Rural

Resumen

ANDRADE, Rubenildo Vieira, LORA, Electo Eduardo Silva y DUPAS, Francisco A. Recursos naturais, demografia e desenvolvimento: uma analise baseada no relatório de desenvolvimento humano 2001 da ONU. In Anales del 4º Encontro de Energia no Meio Rural, 2002, Campinas (SP) [online]. 2002 [citado 30 Abril 2024]. Disponible en: <http://www.proceedings.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=MSC0000000022002000200048&lng=es&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.

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