GEOG 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ecological Footprint, Eurocentrism, High High
18 Nov 2020
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The other side of the coin: population and innovation. Welfare programs (1780-90s) facilitate population growth among the poor & exacerbate resource scarcity. Moral restraint (by women) is necessary to maintain sustainable population levels. Argued that we need not welfare programs, but programs that would target women and enhance their morality (principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour). Arguments therefore remove blame from political and economic systems, the wealthy, and men. Neo-malthusians contemporary expression of malthusian thinking. Population is the most important factor on the environment. Affluence (lifestyle) and technology are also important. A = affluence (gdp or gnp per capita) Wealthier people tend to consume more resources. T = technology energy consumption per capita. Technology can either reduce environmental impacts (ehrlich and. Holdren, 1974) or them (commoner, 1988). low-flush toilets or low-flow showerheads. Some argue that development has varying impact on the environment. Development initially has great impact on the environment.
