GEOG 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bottom Trawling, Biodiversity Hotspot, Clayoquot Sound
14 Jan 2018
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Environmental changes natural processes vs. human forces. Oil spills are correlated to humans independence of oil as a resource for energy. Deforestation is a correlated environmental change due to land dedicated to cultivation etc. Fukushima japan leaking radioactive contaminants into the pacific ocean since the tsunami that devastated the nuclear plant. Overfishing and other mass harvesting methods that are occurring at an unsustainable rate. Humans and the environment economic and social structures can impact the environment by degrading and depleting natural resources, which effects ecological functions. Society a group of humans that coexist and relate to one another through politics, culture and institutions that govern good behaviour. (a way of ordering relationships between people) Economical and social foundations are supported on the sustainability of the environment. Consumption, population, resources how can we explain why humans have had such an impact on the environment. Economic growth the environment provides resources for the economy.
