GEOG 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Web Science, Soil Retrogression And Degradation, Exponential Growth
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Nature of the science overview of module 1. Population growth; water pollution; overfishing; air pollution; habitat fragmentation; deforestation; overgrazing; soil degradation; species extincti resource depletion; climate change; overhunting; waste proliferation; desertification; soil erosion; biodiversity loss; f web contamination; poverty; disease; violence. Are these "environmental problems" or are they symptoms of dysfunctional economic an social systems. If "environmental problems" are symptomatic, then understanding of their origin must consider human underlying values and beliefs. A process of slow diffusion, adaptation and growth. Enabled, and then accelerated, by significant technological revolutions. Accompanied by changes in the extent, scale and intensity of land and resource uses. R = b-d tinction; ss; food ic and. How many people can live on planet earth bbc, 2009. Maximum population of a species that a given habitat can support. Adverse conditions such as pollution or other stressors. William reese & math is wackernagel = global footprint network. Productive land and ocean needed per person to supply his/her needs.
