GEOG 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ecological Footprint, Pollination, Hectare
29 Oct 2018
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The environment represents the natural world, including native animals, plants, mineral deposits, soil water & air. Without a healthy environment society and economy cant function. We are interested in how social structures and economic structures affect the environment. Represents the natural world; including animals, plants, water and air. Within the environment we have a society which is a group of people who co-exist with one another. Society is made up of a variety of different people who play different roles, and relate to one another through politics, culture, and institutions. The economy is a system that organizes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Brings it all together to meet the needs and wants of the consumption. There needs to be a balance between the need for economic development and the need to sustain the resources on which development depends. The economy draws from the sources that the environment provides.
