GEOG 389W Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: International Energy Agency, National Energy Board, Sustainable Forest Management
19 Sep 2016
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Geo 389 - nature & society week 2. Environmental governance analyzes policy initiatives and political issues (global change, sustainable development, globalization, neoliberal management) Political ecology is an often used approach, but there are other approaches used. Focusing on local, political, global institutions and apply practices to the global north. Con icting elds would often conceal new discoveries to discredit their signi cance. Development is a contested term because of its con ict with the term sustainability . Globalization is twofold, collaboration within organizations, exchanging ideas and learning cultures, but also has utopian nature, does not prove equally successful for all people. Economic growth and shipping contributes to mass pollution globally. Neoliberal management - minimal government intervention laissez-faire in economic activities and development, environmental governance is hard to carry out, ), land change (soil degradation), chemical use, agrarian reform (urban & periurban agriculture: contemporary environmentalism and environmental justice - early activism led to the.
