SOCA02H3 Lecture : environment.docx
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Concern for environment came about cuz of population growth, last 100 years , medicine came along, medicine science came along, cured us with many diseases so we live longer. Food production increased, famine is almost gone from the world. Population has increased in the last years, combined with urbanization and industrialization. These three things have placed strings on the carrying capacity of the globe, how much a globe can stand. The globe can put up with so much pollution that it can collapse. The environmental movement has changed substantially from 1970, it is often called conformation. America was the first in the world to create national park. The environmental movement today, the forest area in canada has increased 50%. Ecology: the study of the interaction of living organisms and the natural environment. It is the place in which social sciences and natural sciences interact. It is mostly social sciences, ex: global warming, it is a social scientific effort.
