Great Transformation + Global Population Growth Flashcards
1
Q
IPAT
A
Impact = Population * Affluence * Technology
2
Q
REM
A
Resource and Environmental Management: the management of the interaction and impact of human society on the environment
3
Q
GDP
A
Gross Domestic Product - used to measure affluence in IPAT
4
Q
Technology can have a positive or negative impact in IPAT
A
true
5
Q
Exponential Growth
A
growth by a fixed percentage where each increase is added to the principal
6
Q
Doubling time
A
the amount of time it takes a population to double in size
calculated by 70/r where r is the growth rate
7
Q
Expected population at the end of the century
A
11 billion
8
Q
A
