SOC269 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: North American Free Trade Agreement, World Bank, Polar Ice Cap
28 Jan 2018
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Commonality: belief that natural resources are not infinitely renewable. In the (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:888)(cid:882)"s, space photographs of planet earth dramatized the. The brundtland report: (cid:498)the common feature(cid:499) that consisted of the concept of: suggested steps such as, conserving and enhancing natural resources, encouraging grass roots involvement in development, adapting appropriate techniques (smaller scale and energy conserving) Only decided to deal with poverty not affluence. Decided protecting environment is a priority but cannot disturb international trade and investment. Moved away from the brundtland report towards maintaining viability of global economy rather than addressing deteriorating conditions in the south. Managing the global commons: (cid:498)commons(cid:499) means held in common: the resource is owned by no one or one group, air, water, fish, forests, pasture, and air able land are all natural resources. Tragedy of the global commons: focuses on, environmental degradation, population growth, limited natural resources, privatization of land (individualism)
