GEOG 1101 Lecture 1: Geog Unit Two Notes
28 Mar 2018
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Nature and society are interactive components of a complex system. Political ecology assumes that there is a dialectical unity between human beings and their environments. This means that environmental problems are shaped by social processes. Political economy, e. g. relations of production and class relations. The architecture of knowledge, e. g. scientific and technical modifications of the environment. Despite the variety of factors that influence human/environmental relations, there is a chain of causality operating between these relations. High demand for fuelwood in some peripheral areas contributes to air pollution and forest degradation. Percentage of hydropower in the electricity supply by country. Dams provide energy but also contribute to environmental degradation. (b) more than 1. 3 million people have been relocated to make way for the dam. (c) the reservoir behind the dam is 477 km (297 mi) long. Culture is treated as magic box . Ii) culture seems much more homogenous than it really is:
