Resource consumption

Question 1

Situational poverty

Answer 1

caused by sudden crisis and is often temporary

Question 2

Absolute poverty

Answer 2

lack of basic needs like shelter, clean water and food
they focus of day to day survival

Question 3

Relative poverty

Answer 3

people’s income fall below the average for the place where they live - compared to the others
They may have access to basic needs

Question 4

Ecological footprint

Answer 4

amount of land and water a population needs to produce the resources it consumes and to absorb it’s waste

Question 5

How is ecological footprint measured?

Answer 5

calculating how much land and water a population needs to produce the things they use and to absorb their waste.
- measured in global hectares

Question 6

Biocapacity

Answer 6

biologically productive area to generate supply of renewable resources and to absorb wastes

Question 7

Global hectare

Answer 7

measurement of bio capacity and ecological footprint

Question 8

Ecological debtor

Answer 8

Country’s whole ecological footprint is higher than their biocapacity

Question 9

Ecological creditor

Answer 9

Country’s whose ecological footprint is lower than their biocapacity

Question 10

Ecological overshoot

Answer 10

the day when human demand foe ecological resources exeeds the earth’s capacity to generate them in a whole year

Question 11

Global trends in ecological footprint

Answer 11

• Unsustainable in 1970 and moved to an ecological deficit
• biocapacity has increased slightly due to finding land to use e.g mountainous areas
• Afforestation to absorb more carbon dioxide wate from the combustion of fossil fuels

Question 12

Things that could be done to reduce the global footpirnt

Answer 12

• education (family planning for women to slow down population growth)
• cities can be designed to support good lifestyles
• use more energy generated and efficiency