GEOG 1220 Lecture Notes - Anthropocentrism, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere
14 Apr 2014
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Environment: human-environment interaction model, attributes of the model"s components: Growth rate: ratio between birth and death rate. (0. 9% for canada) Resources: supply available to us, is it limited: supply: is a natural attribute, demand: is a human attribute, use: is a human attribute: consumption, acquisition: the way of obtaining the resource (and disposal, renew-ability: character of the resource. Environmental change: abiotic environment: atmosphere, air, hydrosphere, soil, lithosphere, troposphere, biotic environment: living things, factors influencing the models components: Examples: cigarettes, when you buy a car, you are paying for the end product, not how the steel was produced or how the materials were created, we don"t pay for the resulting pollution: key terms. Externalities: cost of producing or using an economic good or service which is not included in the market price of the good or service. Common property resources: free and available to all people, are not owned by any person.
