REM 100 Lecture Notes - The Great Transformation (Book), Hunter-Gatherer, Global Change
19 Feb 2014
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The complete range of external conditions, physical and biotic, in which an organism lives, including soil, water, climate and food supply. It includes social, cultural, and (for humans) economic and political considerations. An elemental structure required for functioning of a society. Institutions embody the particular sets of values, norms and roles that a society believes to be essential for its continued existence. The problem has global or large scale regional effects. It cannot be solved by any one country acting alone. Its solution challenges the status quo in world order. It captures world-wide attention usually from an event or series of events. It is inter related to other global issues. It exposes the inter-dependence between countries and regions. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Anyone who says they have the answer hasn"t understood the question. The part of the earth that consists of all living organisms and their perspective environments.
