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What are some problems with overusing aquifers?
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E.g.,
-salinization -sinkholes |
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What are some of the problems associated with land degradation?
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E.g.,
-reduced productivity (yield) of farmland -requires investment to restore productivity -results may become irreversible |
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List 3 ways to increase food production.
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Give 2 examples of an externality
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E.g.,
-acid rain |
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The Reoprt of the Bruntland Commission helped to define what?
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Sustainability
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Define the precautionary principle.
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What are the five life cycle stages (LCA)?
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1. extraction, 2. production, 3. distribution, 4. consumption, 5. disposal
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What are the two types of captial and how do they (or don't they) relate to each other?
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Natural and man made capital relate to each other in the following ways........
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What does GDP measure and what are some alternatives
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Gross domestic product and it measures...........
some alternatives include........... |
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What are the three "spheres" of sustainable (urban) development? Alternatively, what are the "three legs of the sustainability stool"?
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Ecological, social, economic
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Explain a perverse subsidy.
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Many subsidies are "perverse" in that they are harmful to both the economy and the environment. In Germany, for instance, subsidies for coal
mining are so large that it would be economically efficient for the
government to close down all the mines and send the workers home on full
pay for the rest of their lives. The environment would benefit too:
less coal pollution such as acid rain and global warming.
-/article/Perverse_subsidies |
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What countries are the main emitters of CO2?
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US, China, India
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List and discuss some benefits of wetlands.
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E.g.,
Habitat, as defined in the Ramsar convention -/article/Convention_on_Wetlands_of_International_Importance_especially_as_Waterfowl_Habitat |
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Describe the difference between demand and supply side managment.
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REM 103/104 students only:
What was project Chariot and what would have been the ecological ramifications had it been executed? |
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