GEOG 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Sustainable Development, Anthropocene, Consumerism
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Sustainable development and carbon politics -north and south. Key studies on radiation effects: jon gofman, radiation and human health (1983) Study done due to radiation meltdown in chernobyl. Partly because they were in a different languages: alexy v. yablokov, vassily b. nesterenko, and alexy v. nesterenko, chernobyl: Consequences of the catastrophe for people and the environment (2009) Politics involved in the studies: a. p. moller et al. , cumulative effects of radioactivity from fukushima on the abundance and biodiversity of birds, journal of ornithology (2015) Used birds to study how radiation affected them: a. p. moller et al. , ecological differences in response of bird species to radioactivity from. Conundrums: industrialization is associated with growth of general wealth and prosperity. But uneven development has limited the spread of industrial opportunities and benefits, leading global south groups to seek more opportunities to further industrial growth: industrialization is associated with growth of broadbased environmental problems.
