Global Resource Consumption and Security ch3

Question 1

circular economy

Answer 1

Preserves natural capacity, optimizes resouce use and reduces loss through managing finite storage and renewable flows

Question 2

potential

Answer 2

having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future

Question 3

carrying capacity

Answer 3

amount of population able to live and sustain in an environment

Question 4

optimum population

Answer 4

number of people, when working with all available resources, will produce highest per-capita economic return

Question 5

overpopulation

Answer 5

too many people to maintain an adequate standard of living, relative to resources and technology locally available

Question 6

underpopulation

Answer 6

too many resources in an area that can be used by the people living there

Question 7

resource stewardship

Answer 7

suggests humans can use resources in a way that they will be available to future generations (environmental sustainability and social equity)

Question 8

tragedy of the commons

Answer 8

Tragedy of the commons phrase used to explain lack of control over how common resources are used and selfish acts destroy resource for others
“Tragedy” is that other contries feel compelled to increase resource gain to match the scale of country that started the increase in the first place
Results in the rate of use exceeding maximum sustainable