SOCA02H3 Lecture : environment lecture.doc
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Over the last 100 years, there was a massive population growth (especially in developing nations (not developed nations) other than in china because they have a one child per family. There was an increase in urbanization and industrialization. The globe has a carrying capacity the planet can only accept so many people living on it. We should only have 1. 6 children per family back in those days, it was the norm for families to have 8-10 children. Environmentalism: interaction between society and the natural environment. So2 produced by coal plants was said to create acid in combination with rain and destroys forests) . All these problems were created by humans environmental sociology deals with the interplay with the environmental movement and the impact of natural movement on human behaviour. Greenpeace they would sometimes harass japanese oiling ships (these kill certain number of whales in oceans)
