Affluenza
the unsustainable addiction to overconsumption and materalism exhibited in the lifestyles of affluent consumres in the developed countries
Economic Growth
increase in the capacity of a country to provide people with goods and services
Environmental Science
an interdsciplinary study that uses information from the physical and social sciences to learn how the earth works,how humans interact with the earth and how to deal with the environmental problems we face
Environmental degradation
exceeding a resource's natural replacement rate and the available suppy begins to shrink
environmentally sustainable economic development
rewards environmentally beneficial and sustainable activities and discourages environmentally harmful and unsustainable activities
environmentally sustainable society
meets the current needs of its people indefinitely without degrading or depleting the natural capitol that supplies these resources
per capita ecological footprint
amount of biologically productive land and water needed to supply each person with the resources he/she uses and to absorb the wastes from such resources use
resource
anything obtained from the environment to meet our needs and wants
sustainability
the ability of the earth's various systems including human, cultural systems and economies to survive and adapt to changing environmental conditions
sustainable yield
highest rate at which a renewable resource can be used indefinitely without reducing its available supply
environmental science
is an interdisciplinary subject that combines information from the physical sciences and the socail sciences to learn how the works.
soil erosion
which of the following does not represnt an aspect of an environmentally sustainable society
resources
natural capital consists of _____ and ecological services`
exponentially
the human population is increasing ____
about 1.1 billion
approximately how many new people were added by world population growth in 2005
a population decrease
economic growth requires all of following factors except
population size
on which of the following factors does the United Nations not classify a nation as developed or developing?
the same as economic growth
economic development is
metallic minerals
which of the following is considered a nonrewable resource?
common-property or free-access resources
the tragedy of the common refers to the overuse of
ecological footprint
the amount of biologically productive land and water needed to support each person
about 5
the total ecological footprint of the United States is ___ times that of India
nonrenewable resources
are renewable, but only over millions or billions of years; can be exhausted within dozens or hundreds of years; exist in a fixed quantity
true
pollution can come from natural sources
nonpoint pollution sources
are dispersed and difficult to identify
false
pollution prevention is usually more expensive than pollution cleanup
public policy
which of the following is not one of the five basic causes of environmental problems?
population times consumption times technology impact
the three factors affecting the environmental impact of the population in developing and developed countries are
pollution prevention
an example of environmentally sustainable economic development is
vast resources available for human use
Which of the following characterized the frontier environmental worldview?
living sustainably
means living off natural income replenished by soils, plants, air and water and not depleting or degrading the earth's endowment of natural capital that supplies this biological income
tragedy of the commons
depletion or degradation of a potentially renewable resource to which people have free and unmanaged access
population growth, consumption, technology
three model of environmental impact of population
tribal era, frontier era, early conservation era, modern conservation era
the four eras of Environmental History in the United States
Tribal Era
5-10 million tribal people occupied north america for at least 10,000 years before European settlers began arriving in the early 1600s
Frontier Era
1607-1890 the European colonists started settling North America. They developed a frontier environmental worldview
Early Conservation Era
1832-1870 some people became alarmed at the scope of resource depletion and degradation in the U.S. during the latter part of the frontier era
Modern Conservation Era
1870-now. increase of the federal government and private citizens in resource conservation, public health, and environmental protection