GEOG 1972 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: The Population Bomb, Sin Tax, Coase Theorem
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New ecological paradigm (nep): believes in ideas of natural limits. Dominant social paradigm (dsp): (cid:862)te(cid:272)h(cid:374)o-opti(cid:373)is(cid:373)(cid:863), hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s ha(cid:448)e the a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to (cid:373)ake these natural limits less finite because we can find ways to do things like use less fuel and modify our food processing system. Nep or dsp measured by 15 questions addressing sets of perceptions and attitudes: Dunlap et al. had several goals in survey: Recognize and capture shift from obvious, point problems like local air and water pollution to env. problems that are: Threaten social and natural sustainability, not just local pollution, wildlife, etc. Ehrlich wrote the population bomb about overpopulation (cid:862) ill(cid:455)(cid:863) to let it (cid:271)e o(cid:374) a(cid:374) e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) pla(cid:455)i(cid:374)g field. I(cid:373)o(cid:374) (cid:272)ou(cid:374)tered (cid:449)ith (cid:862)i do(cid:374)"t thi(cid:374)k it"s just a populatio(cid:374) issue. (cid:863) When you just look at population - the problem gets framed in the places with. Impact = population x/+ affluence x/+ technology the highest population growth and usually the lowest levels of development.
