SSCI 165Lgw Lecture 1: Week 1 Notes
10 Mar 2017
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Two ways of looking at sustainability: sustainability impact formula (ipat): Economy (managing resources), environment (natural/man - made), equity (social justice/fairness) sustainable green growth. Interactive relationships, design on one reinforces the other; Find ways of growing the economy that produce social equity and benefit the environment. Provide 3 - 4 paragraphs: be concise and specific in communicating important ideas, relate to readings, offer your own thoughts. 7. 3 bn people on earth; as of 2008, more than 50% live in cities; if everyone consumed as much as the. Uk citizen, we"d need 3 earths to sustain natural capital. Natural capital: resources that are of value to humans and other species that would normally sustain themselves; can be overdrawn. (i. e. fossil fuels, water, oxygen, undeveloped land, pollination of bees, ability of wetlands to clean water) The challenge of restoring equilibrium between human, largely, urban demands for environmental services and the capability of the environment to provide them.
