GEOG 332 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3, 9, and 11: Electronic Waste, Corporate Social Responsibility, Civil Society
19 Dec 2016
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Chapter 9: environmental impacts of global production networks. Dicken claims that the negative effects of gpns on the environment are unintentional. Production-distribution-consumption are the three main functions of gpns combined into a single circuit as a system of materials, flows, and balances. Human settlements-a lot of ecosystems are destroyed to create space for urban and industrial development. Waste almost always has the potential to become a valuable material. Double exposure- global change processes that happen in the same place do not behave the same way. The used clothing market can actually function as a source of waste. Charities discard what they do not think they can resell themselves. Recyclers look for vintage" or retro" clothes while the rest are handed to international traders. International traders re-sort materials for different destination countries. Wholesalers and dealers sort the simplified shipments for items that fit their own market ideals.
