GEOG 3EC3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mortality Rate, Teratology, Testicle
15 Apr 2018
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Geog 3ec3 env catastrophes midterm 1 review. What are the impacts of a catastrophe: e. g. dust bowl, 1930s crops not suitable for land and improper techniques. Itai-itai disaster: documented as early as 1912, japan: due to cd (cadmium) contamination, caused bone deformation, due to mining releasing cd which got absorbed into grains and made its way to people when they ate the rice. Industrial, mining, coal mining, oil industry, air, land, water. Characteristics of catastrophes: without human intervention none of these events would have ever happened, lack of foresight, greed, taking shortcuts, often characterized by firm and authoritative denials that anything serious has even happened. Concept of ecocide: refers to destructive impacts of humanity on its own natural environment, e. g. large scale mining and deforestation, water pollution. Catastrophes as a form of ecocide: seveso, 1976, bhopal, 1984, chernobyl, 1986, minimata, 1950 today, disregard for safety is at the origin of many environmental catastrophes.
