GEO 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nature One, Human Action, Exponential Growth

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEO 106
• Professor: Ann Marie Murnaghan

Document Summary

Are ancient societies better exploitation i (cid:858)no mal(cid:859) Older societies: survival dictates using the environment in ways influenced by the limits of technology (bow and arrow before) Records of environment: no records of base environment and resources. Female mortality used to be higher than male mortality due to birth) (cid:858)p imitive(cid:859) technologie : more primitive, localized technologies. Humans are the lone entities with intelligence and a soul. Late (cid:1005)(cid:1011)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s rise of manufacturing, spread of the factory system and migration to urban areas. Population increases (due to the death rate drop) therefore pressure on the land increases the rural landscape becomes more commercialized. Goal is to increase wealth, especially linked to efficient, centralized management (efficient and system can be exploited better) Co(cid:373)(cid:271)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) i(cid:374) the (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s of ch(cid:396)istia(cid:374) ethi(cid:272) a(cid:374)d the capitalisti(cid:272) (cid:448)ie(cid:449)poi(cid:374)t (cid:894)(cid:455)ou can exploit the environment and be satisfied with it) Humans are supreme the goal is to create human-created landscapes that will serve humans (for example farmlands)