SOCB54H3 Lecture Notes - Rachel Carson, Industrialisation, David Foreman
Document Summary
Sociology of environment is relatively new 25-30 years old. What caused the concern for the environment complicated but mostly due to population growth over the last 100 years. Over the last 100 years medicine science has come a great way and cured many disease so human beings live much longer. Population has increased significantly in the last 100 years + combined urbanization & industrialization = strains on the carrying capacity of the globe. Urbanization = growth of big cities and this is possible due to industrialization and the industrial revolution. The globe can only put up with so much pollution beyond which you get collapse this is the environment view. The environmental movement has change a lot since 1970 there wasn"t an environmental movement before that before this it was called conservatism. Environmentalist like to believe they are the new kids on the block but it has been around for centuries.
