GEOG 1220 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Megafauna, Sustainable Agriculture, Woolly Mammoth

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 1220
• Professor: Amanda Hooykaas

Document Summary

Chapter 1: the distinction between human impact on environment and environment on human impact. Human impact on environment is an action done by human impacting on environment such as practicing agriculture and changing the landscape of the environment. Biotic: attri(cid:271)utes of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:373)odel(cid:859)s (cid:272)o(cid:373)po(cid:374)e(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e. Environment: abiotic environment, biotic environment (cid:862)all resour(cid:272)e attri(cid:271)utes are affe(cid:272)ted (cid:271)(cid:455) the populatio(cid:374) attri(cid:271)utes, a(cid:374)d ulti(cid:373)atel(cid:455) this (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:271)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) i(cid:373)pa(cid:272)ts o(cid:374) the e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t to a greater or lesser e(cid:454)te(cid:374)t(cid:863, fa(cid:272)tors i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)i(cid:374)g the (cid:373)odel(cid:859)s (cid:272)o(cid:373)po(cid:374)e(cid:374)ts. I (impact) = p (population) * a (affluence) * t (technology) Over population with less affluence and technology = big impact on environment. Consumption over population = big impact on environment: terms such as externalities and common property resources. Anthropocentric = a human centered view of our relationship with the environment. Biocentric = nature centered view (it is superior to what human needs and desire) Cornucopian: human ingenuity will solve any problem.