GEOG 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Human Ecology, Kingston Fossil Plant, Electronic Waste
27 Sep 2016
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A new phase in human history (para1+2) The legacy of disasters and mounting vulnerability(para3 5) Preparing for dodging or dealing with disasters, like chernobyl, lac megantic, etc. But these are local, and the better our science is, the larger scale we can go, like biodiversity loss, climate change, water shortages, human population growth, etc. We are not living in isolation, with internet and tv we are very much aware of how other people live. The big ones: climate change, biodiversity loss, desertification, water shortages, changed biogeochemical cycles (pollution, human population growth, increasing per capita demand, better communication (more interconnectedness? ) What about the course snapshots of contemporary ecology. Human ecology: if you put an individual who lives in the jungle in the desert, he would not survive, even if his new neighbour can. Everything depends on where your from and what environment you are used to. spaceship management the challenges of environmental management.
