Our Common Future

Question 1

The following has been a result of the growing demand on scarce resources and the pollution generated by the rising living standards of the affluent:

Answer 1

Ongoing environmental distress

Question 2

The number of people living in slums and shanty towns:

Answer 2

Is rising

Question 3

Many products and technologies that have gone into improving growth and development of the standard of life entail:

Answer 3

Large amounts of pollution

Question 4

Developed countries account for _______% of the world’s population and are responsible for _______% of the world’s fat consumption.

Answer 4

26, 53

Question 5

This is one threat to life support systems and results directly from increased resource use

Answer 5

the greenhouse effect

Question 6

The loss of forests and other wild lands extinguishes species of plants and animals and eventually robs the future generations of:

Answer 6

genetic materials to improve crops

Question 7

Poverty in countries has been exacerbated by all of the following except:

Answer 7

lack of education in farming practices

Question 8

Which organizations have typically assumed responsibility for environmental matters?

Answer 8

organizations with little control over policies

Question 9

Economic growth always brings:

Answer 9

risk of environmental damage

Question 10

Expansion in population compromises:

Answer 10

natural resources

Question 11

Poverty in countries has been exacerbated by

Answer 11

unequal distribution of land, rapid rise in population, growing demands for commercial use of land