Study Guide Midterm 1 Geog 2412 Fall 2011 This is an outline of what has been covered in class so far week by week It should be used as a guide for you to review your lecture notes You should also refer back to the keywords given in each lecture and make sure you know what they mean and how they relate to the material covered either in class in your reading or both You should also use you textbook to study You can do this by reviewing key words bolded and boxed throughout the chapter reviewing the section at the end of each chapter titled Thinking with and making sure you can answer the Questions for Review at the end of each chapter Outline of what has been covered so to guide your studying I Week 1 Nature Society Geography a What is a nature society perspective b Where does knowledge about the environment come from c How does the question of lion conservation look from different perspectives d Geographic Political ecology e Reconciliation ecology II II Week 2 Population and Scarcity approach a Exponential growth b Linear growth c Malthus d Neo Malthusian e Environmental Kuznets curve f IPAT g Carrying capacity h Ecological footprint i Shifting cultivation j Green revolution k Demographic transition model l Fertility rates women s rights education m What are the general assumptions of a population perspective How would this impact possible sollutions to environmental problems n What are the limitations of a population perspective o The role of consumption Week 3 Markets and Commodities a Paul Ehrlich and Julian Simon s bet b Neoclassicism assumptions c Market response model d Jervons Paradox e Coase s Theorem f Externalities g Market Failures h Story of Stuff film The golden arrow planned and perceived obsolescence i j k l Transaction Costs Monopoly Monopsony Peak Oil Market environmentalism Policies green taxes incentives Market based solutions Cap and trade acid rain carbon trading how does it work Eco labeling eco footprints Greenwashing Ecosystem services Wetland banking Biodiversity m Value and limits of a Market Perspective III Week 4 Institutions and the Commons a Prisoner s Dilemma b The Tragedy of the Commons TOC Theory assumptions and critiques c Institutions what are they d Common property management how does it work e Social Darwinism f Montreal Protocol what is it What is it an example of g Ostrom s characteristics of a successful commons h Open access Common property Private property State property i Importance of Scale in managing commons j Examples from Kitengela Rangelands Kenya and India Jointly Managed Forests IV Week 5 Environmental Ethics a Ethics Normative v Descriptive b Consequentialism Deontology Virtue Ethics c Environmental justice d Dominion thesis e Stewardship f Anthropocentrism g Utilitarian h Pinchot Muir their beliefs i Conservation vs Preservation j Land Ethic k Ecology l Ecocentrism m Moral Extensionism n Deep Ecology intrinsic value o Holism p Naturalistic Fallacy q Scientism r Social Ecology s Pragmatism t Examples of the use of ethics u Animal rights v Shielding the Mountains Film
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