GEOG 2210 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake And Tsunami, Garrett Hardin, Nash Equilibrium
2 May 2016
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Environment the bio-physical world that surrounds and supports us (and all animals and plants); objects and the systems and processes that link and change them. Society humans and their systems of culture, politics, and economic exchange. It is impossible to separate environment and society. There are many ways to view environmental problems and therefore many different types of potential solutions. Diagram of relationship between humans, resources, and pollutants. Types: stock can be managed but typically doesn"t happen. Renewable (eg. fish, trees) key is rate of extraction relative to rate of regeneration (can become a stock resource) Factors influencing demand of natural resources: human wants, needs, values, environmental perceptions, etc. (culture, resource prices, competition, profitability (economics, rules, regulations, institutional arrangements (politics) Conceptualizing natural resource use: (slide 9 lecture 1) A condition or process of the biophysical environment that"s harmful to humans. Categorized by the causal agent: geophysical. Geologic/geomorphic (eg. eq, tsunami, etc. : biological. Floral (eg. dutch elm, hay fever, etc. )
