GEOG 1220 Midterm: Human Impact on the Environment Midterm Study Notes

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 1220
• Professor: Lorne Bennett

Document Summary

Human impact on the environment: midterm study notes. Attributes of the models components: population: population size, density, growth rate, distribution. Attributes of the models components: environment: abiotic, biotic (cid:862)all resour(cid:272)es attri(cid:271)utes are affe(cid:272)ted (cid:271)(cid:455) the populatio(cid:374) attri(cid:271)utes, a(cid:374)d ulti(cid:373)atel(cid:455) this (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:271)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374). I(cid:373)pa(cid:272)ts o(cid:374) the e(cid:374)viro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t to a greater or lesser e(cid:454)te(cid:374)t(cid:863) Factors influencing population resources and the environment: per capita consumption. Population: limitations on the number of kids a family can have, immigration laws, Mandatory access to birth control. (examples: one child policy in china, immigration laws and rules, war, death penalty) Resources: conservation/ nature reserves, pricing unused roof and ceiling space (example: colorado river no longer flows in the ocean) Environment: replanting logging areas: technology: vaccinations, sanitation, large scale agriculture, birth control, educational tools, construction tools for housing, culture/religion: certain religions encourage population; certain cultures focus on giving back to the world. (example: birth control)