GEOG 1220 Chapter 1, 2, 7, 16: GEOG1220 Chapter 1, 2, 7, 16: Human Impact: Key Concepts and Terms (Textbook Notes)
12 Oct 2015
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Chapter 1 (pages 3 12: environmental geography: and biophysical systems of a variety of spatial and temporal scales. Any substance and energy sources we need to survive on. Strategic decision making and planning aimed at: in terms of renewable resource management, resource management is, stock: balancing the rate of withdrawal from the stock with the rate of renewal/regeneration. If trees are cut down faster than they can grow back, trees will eventually become depleted: management can also be effected by political, social, and social factors. 4 periods of population increase: paleolithic (old stone age): when humans gained control of fire and began to shape and use stones as stools, neolithic period (agricultural revolution): transition from a nomadic, hunter- 3. gatherer lifestyle to a settled, agricultural way. Ipat model (page 8: used to measure the total impact humans have on the environment. Impact = population x affluence x technology: for information on the human-environment interaction model, see page.
