ENVIRSC 2EI3 Midterm: #1 Review of Key Concepts
13 Oct 2016
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Environment, resources, and society food production rate and transport of goods. Less developed countries predicted to grow by 33% between 2005 and 2050, accompanied with an increased. India predicted to overtake china as most populous country. Global energy consumption increased 12-fold between 1850 and 1970. Industrialized countries, such as canada, are fairly high on the energy consumption index. African countries, such as ethiopia, have the lowest energy consumption. Wealthiest countries: 25x more energy/capita than poorest countries. Measures the human use of the environment in hectares per person. Canada is the 3rd highest in terms of our ecological footprint. The united states" ecological footprint is much higher than their available capacity. 20% of the world"s population consumes 75% of the worlds resources. The amount of biologically productive area available to meet humanity"s needs. The accumulated ecological debt is the area that is formed between the intersection of the ecological footprint and biocapacity.
