INTL 280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Garrett Hardin, Paul Erlich, Industrial Revolution

• School: University of Oregon
• Department: International Studies
• Course: INTL 280
• Professor: Hindery

Document Summary

Are most populated areas most responsible for environmental degradation? (e. g. think about global warming, deforestation etc) Human numbers isn"t necessarily the cause of environmental problems it is more about lifestyle. World population growth was very slow prior to the industrial revolution of the 1700s. Paradigms or schools of thought on population, consumption and environment. Malthusian (hardline population control: according to malthus geometric population growth (a) would outstrip arithmetic growth of food production (b, critique: modern technology can increase food production in a way that"s not necessarily linear or arithmetic. He didn"t account for the face that as way of life improved, people didn"t have as many kids bc they are an economic liability. Problems: poverty/famine etc caused by north under developing south, extracting natural resources and labor solutions development critique: development is mainstream/environmentally destructive development: variation: betsy hartmann (soft socialist/ecofeminist)