SANZ - Sustainable Development Sphere/Category/Topic Matrix
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Primary needs
Secondary needs| SYSTEMS | ENVIRONMENT | SOCIETY | ECONOMY | CATEGORIES |
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| - Interaction of the environment and human activity (HA) |
- Environmental systems, ecosystem, biosphere |
- Social systems - Breakdown of ecosystems, shrinking biodiversity, loss of natural habitats and species - Sustainable development policy development and principles (human response) |
- Economic systems |
 Systems level |
| - Air, atmosphere (nature of, quality) |
- Air, atmostphere (part of ecosystem, human need for oxygen) - Air, atmosphere pollution, toxic chemicals in the air (human impact) - Air, atmosphere rejuvenation (human response) |
- Wind power, solar energy |
 Air |
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| - Land, coast (nature of, quality) - Natural resources, fossil fuels (quality, quantity) - Water (quality, quantity) |
- Land, coast (part of ecosystem, human need for shelter, food, water) - Land pollution, toxic chemicals in the soil (human impact) - Soil erosion - Invasive and alien species (spread by humans) - Resource management, resource allocation - Land rejuvenation, permaculture (human response) - Food technology (human response) - Water pollution, toxic chemicals in the water (human impact) - Accessibilty of fresh drinking water, water allocation - Water rejuvenation, cleaning (human response) |
- Forestry - Mining - Building industry (housing) - Agriculture, farming, and food industries - Water industry, supply and sanitation |
 Land and water |
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| - Sea (nature of, quality) |
- Sea (part of ecosystem, human need for seafood) - Sea pollution, toxic chemicals in the sea (human impact) - Dwindling fish stocks - Sea rejuvenation (human response) |
- Fishing and seafood industries |
 Sea |
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| - Climate, climate change (natural) |
- Climate (human need for habitable climate) - Climate change (human impact) - Climate rejuvenation, conservation (human response) |
 Climate |
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| - Energy (human need) - Dwindling energy sources (peak oil, reliance on fossil fuels, photo-synthetic ceiling) - New energy sources and technology, renewable energy, reducing energy usage (human response) - Waste (byproduct of HA, escalating production) - Waste management, reducing waste (human response) - Health (human need) |
- Energy generation, energy industry - Energy-efficient products (economic response) - Waste management industry - Health industry |
 Energy, waste, health |
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| - Language, identity, ethnicity, culture, religion - Community, politics, law, ethics, world views - Arts, entertainment, media, recreation - Education and research - Transport and communications - Lifestyle, individual ecological footprint (human impact) - Systems thinking, mindset change, lifestyle change (human response) |
- Arts, entertainment, media, sports, tourism industries - Education industry, R&D - Transport industry, communications industry - Eco-tourism (economic response) |
 Well-being |
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| - Global population growth, species ecological footprint (human impact) - Global population management, health, infrastructure |
- Global economic growth - Globalization - Green accounting (economic response) |
 Population (the 'multiplier') |