GEOG 1972 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Royal Society Of Biology, Kuznets Curve, Coase Theorem
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System attributes often changed by human action: Stage: the status of the system right now, forest or grassland vegetation cover; flat or sloped; etc. Composition: detailed description of system elements: species mix (tree species in a forest cover), land cover and use types (residential, agricultural, etc. atmospheric, composition; etc. Fluxes: transfers of energy or mass across space and systems: nitrogen fixation; carbon uptake (sink) or release (source); water, runoff, etc. Storages: energy or mass at the site: volume of water in a lake or reservoir; amount of biomass or carbon stored in a forest. Change surface fluxes: absorption and reflection (albedo=% reflected) Change surface storage: pavement, concrete stores more than plants and soils. Most pollutants block incoming solar radiation, cool lower layers and surface. Famous case: co2 is transparent in coming (short-weave) and opaque to. Trees and forests case (chapter 10, pgs.
