ENVIRSC 2EI3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Eutrophication, Ecosystem Approach
30 Nov 2017
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Long-term view: +15 years: environmental systems usually change slowly, eutrophication in lake erie reflects decades of change. Short-term view: 1-5 years: prevents long term fund initiatives, real change. Social learning: single-loop learning, ensure match between intent and outcome, what is the right way to get something done, double loop learning, mismatch between intent and outcome, encourages questioning of the assumptions and why we are doing. Design environmental plans with the conte(cid:454)t of the area (cid:455)ou"re placing it in. Governance: process used to determine how policy decisions are taken and by whom. Ingenuity gap: mismatch between supply of ideas needed to fix environmental problems and the availability of these ideas. Deficit reduction, placing responsibility of environmental services on lower levels of government, privatizing these services. Neo-liberalism: political theory based on individual freedom and minimizing role of government: limits environmental legislation/regulations, reducing key management agencies, scaling back public participation, rearranging responsibilities.
