intro to environmental history

Question 1

Isaac 1970 - agriculture

Answer 1

domestication is single most important man intervention

Question 2

Childe 1936 - domestication

Answer 2

domestication brought about by crowding, forced societies to identify food production

Question 3

Sauer 1952 - domnestication

Answer 3

domestication first occurred in SE Asia, fishing cultures plants were planted for use at the fishing villages

Question 4

Jacobs 1969 - agriculture

Answer 4

originated around pre existing settlements

Question 5

grove - desertifictation of med

Answer 5

says no climate warming since 20th century, desertification and de-desertification are balanced

Question 6

UN desertification (1992)

Answer 6

land degredation in areas resulting mainly from adverse human impacts.

Question 7

A. Toynbee

Answer 7

saw cities as organic systems they have a life cycle born and die

Question 8

O’riordan (1976) - resources

Answer 8

first introduced exploitation, it means both use and injustice stated to approaches Eccocentric and technocentric

Question 9

Adam smith (1776) - technocentrism

Answer 9

said nature being external is ingrained in western thought, pursuing their own interests.

Question 10

Marxism - tecnocentrism

Answer 10

saw poverty as key problem, labour as central to relationships.

Question 11

simon J.L. (1984) - cornucopian

Answer 11

may be localised problems but ingenuity will cope

Question 12

Goklany (2007) - hazards

Answer 12

said that economy and culture also vital not just wealth and poverty

Question 13

Bjorn (2007) cornucopianlist

Answer 13

said why not spend money for climate change on more immediate concerns

Question 14

Redclift (1992) - eccocentric

Answer 14

said solution is for north to deindutrialise and for south to industrialise

Question 15

James Lovelock - energy

Answer 15

said that nuclear is best way to get enough power and in time