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    Sustainable development
    (Maltepe Üniversitesi, 2016) Sesay, Abdul
    The economic growth model of development, its adoption by most of the countries in the world and realisation of the consequences it produced in various forms of environmental degradation has provided the historical context for the rise oI the development- environment debate. The economic growth model of development is characterised by the use of modern technology, the factory system of production and rapid industrialisation and urbanisation. The Western countries initially followed this model of development and prescribed it for the less developed ones. The predominant underlying belief was that the underdeveloped countries would eventually catch up with the industrialised countries, provided they emulate the economic and socia| systems of the West. The less developed countries adopted the western model of development rather uncriticaIly. The consequences of adoption of the western model of development by the less developed countries were not all positive. Economic growth occurred. but it was accompanied by a widened gulf between the countries in the North and the south. and it also helped to promote economic disparities between the rich and the poor sections within particular societies. lt was realised that "developmentconceived simply as "economic growth' was an inadequate notion, and that economic growth does not necessarily lead to the development of the lower strata of society. This realisation caused a shift in development thinking and eventually led to the inclusion of some additional criteria of development such as distributive justice or equity. and improvement in the overa|l quality of life of the masses.