REM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ozone Depletion, Nuclear And Radiation Accidents And Incidents

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Resource & Environmtl Mgmt
• Course: REM 100
• Professor: Jonn Axsen

Document Summary

Increased community: reduction in poverty, decrease in the price of goods, reduced enviro impacts due to income? ( environmental kuznets"s curve) Drawbacks: decrease in jobs in rich countries, too many interlinkages in econ recessions. Def: human induced transformation of the global environ. The complete range of external conditions including soil, water etc. Also includes social, cultural, and (for humans) economic and political considerations: humans have modified >50% of earth"s land surface. It exposes the inter-dependence btwn countries and regions. Its solution challenges the status quo in world order and global institutions: the problem has global effects or large scale, problem is persistent (multi-generations, requires interdisciplinary knowledge and solutions. Food sustainability: global climate change, oil dependence, nuclear accident, ozone depletion, air pollution (and acid rain)