“The western model of growth that India and China wish to emulate is intrinsically toxic. It uses huge resources - energy and materials - and generates enormous waste... it remains many steps behind the problems it creates. India and China have no choice but to reinvent the development trajectory” UseProblemChoicesEnergyWishGrowthBehindsVisionStepsMaterialsHugeDevelopmentFutureWasteModelsResourcesIndiaRemainsWesternChinaEnormousToxicSustainable DevelopmentEmulateTrajectory Author:Sunita Narain
“The more people there are, the more food we need, the more space we occupy, the more resources and consumer goods we wish to have and the more development has to take place” PeopleNeedsWishSpaceDevelopmentResourcesPopulationConsumersGoods Author:Prince Philip
“Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random. The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process, including large corporations and development firms. As for the victims, the government now has license to transfer property from those with fewer resources to those with more. The Founders cannot have intended this perverse result.” MayGovernmentPoliticalProcessDecisionResultsPartyTakenInfluenceDevelopmentCitizensBenefitsResourcesVictimPropertyIncludingFirmCorporationsFewerFoundersLicenseTransfersBeneficiariesPrivate PartsFalloutsInfluence And Power Author:Sandra Day O'Connor