GEOG 102 Lecture 2: Geog_102_-_Lecture_2
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Changes in economy and power (socio-political changes) Ways of seeing and understanding nature (social nature analysis) Due to the fact of the immense shortages in europe at. More complex understanding than good native american and bad the time. With european conquest native american"s ways of interacting with the environment seriously altered and made unfeasible. Europeans see wilderness as empty landscape that could be made to be. Early american assumptions about north american natural resources (early. Transfer public lands to private to foster development. One could acquire 160 acres of land for free from the gov"t if they. Example: sale of public land to corporations for nothing made it productive. Emergence of public health as an environmental issue. Scientific study by experts to discover the best conservation solution. Objective, non political i. e. house experts in a federal bureaucracy in order to isolate from politics. Natural forests- logging, mining, grazing and recreation are allowed.
