ENV222H1 Midterm: Midterm Notes

• School: UTSG
• Department: School of Environment
• Course: ENV222H1
• Professor: Geoffrey Mac Donald

Document Summary

Environment: 20th century term, that which lies outside of the individual human. I = p x a x t {impact = population (p) x affluence (per capita consumption) (a) x technology (t)} Casual factors: predisposing: features of an environment which makes a system vulnerable to stress inciting: factors that trigger change contributing: range of additional stressers which make the response noticeable or acute. Global problem in the sense it effects global systems, systematic and cumulative, local/global interconnection, both for problem and solution. Spatial location of the problem: wilderness, garden, city wilderness: untouched by humanity, irrelevant if human dominated gardens and parks cannot be wilderness if humans involved, Bill mckibben: the end of nature - no part untouched, 1950-60s: " need to preserve" can no longer thinking problem is here(city) and solution is there(wilderness): its everywhere. Influence of renaissance trading, development of state-system, european colonialism, globalization of production.