Environment - week 23

Question 1

ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY (human ecology)

Answer 1

• the area of study concerned with interrelationships between people and their environment

Question 2

WORLD SYSTEMS THEORY

Answer 2

• core nations seek out cheap labourers from low-income nations and extract raw materials from those nations (deforestation)

Question 3

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Answer 3

• the recognition that the material impact of social inequality is reflected in the highly uneven distribution of environmental harm and privileges in societies across the globe

Question 4

POLITICAL ECONOMY

Answer 4

• Investigates the effects of capitalism and modernity on socio-ecological well-being
• how does capitalism impact the environment?

Question 5

ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM

Answer 5

• a form of racism where communities of colour face a disproportionate risk of exposure to pollution and related health conditions