http://web.pdx.edu/~rueterj/courses/esr102-201001/vocabulary3.html

This list covers from lecture 9 and 10 and the reading.
These are just the vocabulary, the main concepts are also addressed in the notes for each chapter.
This list will be covered by quiz 3 & 4 (that add up to be the "final").

LECT

READING

WORD or
CONCEPT

 DEFINITION
9   relative global land use 11% cropland and 27% pasture
9   high value agricultural land best for growing crops
9   arable ability to grow crops
9   approximate % of urban land in the US 2 to 3%
9   displacement of ecoregions in some areas (such as Oregon and Costa Rica) this may be an additional problem
9   impact on freshwater

coastal urban areas have a high impact

impacts include:

  • human footprint
  • urban landcover
  • large cities
  • irrigation
  • converted land
  • surface water removal
9   urban growth positive feedback in many poor areas or developing countries factors lead to a positive feedback for urban growth
9   sprawl growth of suburban development and population location such that it spreads out in an unplanned manner which is then difficult to manage
  land-use proximal vs. underlying causes direct and immediate vs. indirect yet based in the nature of the system
  land-use interaction of causes linked processes that occur together such as erosion and loss of soil fertility
  urbanization causes of urbanization multiple (see reading)
  urbanization rural flight moving from depressed rural areas to cities
  sprawl Smart Growth impementation of urban growth boundary
  sprawl spatial mismatch poor urban people don't have access to entry level jobs in the suburbs
10   uncertainty  
10   risk  
10   indeterminancy  
10   myth of nature how humans think nature works (three examples)
10   hierarchist  
10   egalitarian  
10   individualistic  
10   worldview same as "perspective"- a coherent theory of how the world works that leads to action
10   plurarlistic management intentionally seeking and comparing different worldviews and management styles
  games game against nature simple modification of a 2 person game matrix, except the "other player" is the uncertainty in natural processes
  precautionary precautionary principle decision criteria that, under uncertainty, you should avoid the worst case outcomes
  MEA global orchestration reactive environmental management and globalization
  MEA techno garden

proactive env. management and globalization
  MEA order from strength reactive env. management and regional development including strong state borders
  MEA adapting mosaic proactive and local environmental development

Last updated on March 10, 2010 by John Rueter