SOC101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Sustainable Development, Environmental Racism, Bioprospecting
10 Aug 2016
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Environmental sociology: study of the interaction between human society and the physical environment. Ecology: study of how living organisms interact with the environment. Anthropocentrism: the view that human beings are separate from and above the rest of nature. New environmental paradigm: view that human social actions occur within an ecosystem that has its own processes and limits. New ecological paradigm: emphasizes that modern industrial society is beginning to exceed the limits of the environment. Ecocentric: oppsite of anthropocentrism; the view that humans are only one part of the ecosystem. Greenhouse effect: process by which the earth"s temperature is maintained. Greenhouse gases: gases that trap long wave infrared radiation and are responsible for rising global temperates and climate change latest increase in greenhouse gases is assumed to be the result of industrialization and population growth. Carbon sink: natural matter that absorbs more carbon than its emits. Carbon source: natural matter that emits more carbon than its absorbs.
