Post Colonial Environments And Sustainable Development Flashcards
Truman said
1949
South underdeveloped
Production considered key to prosperity and peace
Carson said
1962
Control of nature is a phase conceived in arrogance
Whyte said
Ecological curses are a result of a new novel culture
To survive we much change our actions and attitudes
Leopold said
1966
A thing is good as it tends to preserve the integrity stability and beauty of the biotic community
Johns Stuart mill said
A thing is good if it produces happiness in higher powers
Brundtland report
1987
Sustainable development
Argues humans do not consider consequences if there actions
We have one world and it’s vital to preserve it
Pickett et al said
1985
Wilderness is a ironic concept we seek to control what must change
Agrawal said
2005
Rural residents come to care about the environment through personal experiences, view nature as valuable
Holling and meffe said
1996
C+C management results in severe ecological consequences- reduced variation and increased vulnerability
Good for St economic gain but bad for lt as requires economic input
TVA throughout 1950-70’s
Synonymous with development
Conservation development nexus promoting political arrangements
Key soft power tool
Modernisation of industrial societies characterise competing development agendas in UN discourse
5 stages of economic growth
Traditional society Pre-conditions for take off Take off Drive to maturity High mass consumption
Limits to growth with c+c policies
Tragedy of the commons
Can’t sustain cumulative growth
Garrett Hardins tragedy of the commons
1- individuals act in self interest
2- competition is key among individuals
3- whether a thing good or bad is a function of the system in which action takes place
4- finite planet growth will eventually stop
Commons must be governed and enclosed
Silent spring Rachel Carson
1962
Environmentalism
Eliminate the bottom of food change the top will collapse
Ignorance of technology
Leopold vs muir
Nature vs happiness
