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Chapter 3
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- 1- Environmental determinismThe natural environment as the basic factor controlling human development and activities.
- 2environmental services(ecological and economic perspective) emphasizes the fact that resource use and waste disposal take place in the same environment, and that both activities affect the life-support functions of the env.
- 3env possibilismthe physical environment provides a number of different opportunities that humans can make conscious choices from.
- 4ThroughputThings that we take, we consume (energy and resources)
- 5OutputsA sink for waste (hold things), comes from another
- 6Inputsrenewable and non-renewable resources
- 7Cornucopian-carrying capacity is culturally defined, not
-ecologically
-there are no cultural limits to growth
-technology provides the answer
-examples: data evolution - 8economic perspectiveester boserup
Inverts Malthu's theory: she thinks that food supply limits pop rather than pop limits food. - 9neo malthusian"modern" methods to keep pop under control. ex: contraception, HIV/AIDS vaccination campaigns
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