Lecture 1: January 7, 2010 |
- Introduction
- Challenge
- multiple perspectives
- Human impact on the environment
- Population growth
- Poverty trap
- Assignments
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1. Introduction
- course details
- topics
- exams and assignments
- syllabus
- lab section
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2. Challenge
There are many environmental problems.
some involve values, world views
approaches need to fit the problems.
How much and what do we have to change our belief system?
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problem types
paradigm shift underway
include values into the study
world views, for example
types of actions we can take
belief in the future
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3. Using multiple perspectives
pluralistic - actively seek and use a diversity of viewpoints
both approaches, which are linked
intellectual tools - Page calls instrumental
beliefs & values - Page calls preference
cooperation
may have to use our truly human capacities to the fullest
not just rational competition, tooth and nail
unique capacities for
- empathy
- cooperation
- trust
Silk - The ability to "orchestrate cooperation in large groups of individualos with imperfectly aligned preferences."
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framework
tomasello-2009 |
4. Human impact
- I = P * A * T
- Population
- Affluence
- Technology
- technology can decrease or increase impact - examples
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5. Population growth
exponential and logistic population growth models
resource limitation control
human population is different (so far)
demographic transition model for individual societies
- N. European
- phases
- age and sex
- birth and death rate --> growth
- social conditions associated with the fertility transition
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growth models
demographic transition with age classes
demographic transition model
case study on demographic transition
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6. Poverty trap
poverty is one of the big problems that both impacts and is impacted by the environment (next lecture)
how can we reduce poverty, according to the demographic transition model
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demographic transition model |
Assignments
read the chapters
read the Wiki and Encyclopedia of the Earth pages
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