GEO 702 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Water Pollution, Resource Consumption, Human Organization
31 May 2016
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Class 1 - introduction & environment in canada. *if you do poorly in one, the grade percentage will change for the ones you do better in* Reading 1: basic principles of environmental management: one global ecosystem - need to maintain biological diversity by sustainability. Technological advancements - genetic mutations to keep up with demands for food: technological change and natural resource consumption have a very closer coordination, emerging trends in the world: Natural resource depletion: redemptive technology: the need to turn harmful practices into less harmful ones (i. e. , making technology "work" for our principles, natural resources: either considered renewable ( ow) or non-renewable (stock). De ned through human perception, needs, wants, location, accessibility, legal limits and political/societal customs. Reading 2: ecosystems, carrying capacity and common property. !1: ecosystem: a discrete unit that consists of living and non-living parts, interacting to form a stable system. Includes: energy ows via food webs, geographical scales and human/land.
