GG231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ozone Depletion, Nuclear Technology, Eutrophication
Document Summary
Introduction: the label socio-technological disaster" has been interpreted widely and can vary from a single toxic chemical accident to an entire industry such as nuclear power. Human involvement also varies: social hazards can be defined as the harm one society or part of a society may do to another. The second highest losses (40%) have been from drought-related famines which are often the result of civil strike or war. Socio-technological disasters: types of socio-technological disasters, routine or common. Often difficult to monitor because there is constant innovation and expanding markets in products and consumer demands. They are integrally linked to mass advertising and consumer values. Reducing this type of hazard requires extra money and government programs to examine all products, quality control, and safety checks such as child-proof packaging or child car seats. It may also require government intervention at several levels of marketing and retail. Controlled by industrial and transportation technologies such as car crashes.
