GEOG 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Carrying Capacity, Life-Cycle Assessment, Global Warming
27 Mar 2018
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Socio-economic system relies on environmental services: energy and resources (throughputs, everything we need to survive, a sink for waste (outputs, everything you do creates waste. So the environment provides a place to dump our wastes so nothing ever disappears (like plastic) Both affect life support system of the planet. Anthropocene: we are now starting to change the way the planet works by our actions, the term itself was coined in the year 2000. Parasitic relationship vs. symbiotic relationship: not all parasites kill their hosts. Possible historical examples of collapse: mayan civilization, no universally accepted collapsed theory, easter island, most likely due to deforestation. World conservation strategy, 1980: three priorities, maintenance of ecological processes, sustainability use of resources, maintenance of genetic diversity. Definition of sustainable development: that development that meets the needs of present generations without compromising the needs of future generations . Brundtland report, 1987 must memorize and know. 51: frontier economics , exploiting resources, carefully focusing on economic development.
