GEOG 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Tudor Period, Interaction Model, Environmental Degradation
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The characteristics of the stage of industrialization: increasing extraction, using recourses, changing technologies to produce better goods/services. Metal tools enhanced food production food surpluses. Primary focus was on the development of basic agricultural tools eg) hoes, axes, knives and digging tools. Ultimately, iron became the metal available and cheap. Many environmental impact: deforestation, soil erosion, hills(defense) valleys (food supply) due to human settlements. Rectangular grid on the landscape with approach road. Christianity arrived with the cistercian monks and their monasteries. Monks focused on sheep raising wool industry sheep pasture. Natural world" was disappearing attempt of conservation laws. Harvest wool was trade for trade or cash. Other source of energy was considered water. Industries spread both urban and rural areas. Benefits: useful goods, increase food production per capita, increase average life expectancy, decline in population growth, increase knowledge. Government: set environmental goals, set emotion standards, create environmental laws. The mobility of humans decreased over time greater control of resources.
