Pollution Flashcards
1
Q
Pollution can be understood in terms of what
A
Negative externalities
2
Q
Types of pollution
A
noise pollution
Air “”
Visual “”
Surface/ groundwater “” from chemical leaching
3
Q
Air pollution fact
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3.7 million deaths attributable to ambient air pollution
4
Q
Air pollution fact for households
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4.3 million deaths attributable to household air pollution
5
Q
What is the Kuznets curve
A
a simple model showing per capita income income at different levels of devlopment
6
Q
Different levels of development in the Kuznets curve
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- Early stages - main priority is development of a coutnry. However, after a certain standard of living is reached, an increased emphasis on pollution exists reversing pollution and environmental degredation
7
Q
What do worldwide trends of pollution show
A
Clustering in LIC’s and rapidly urbanising countries
