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16 Cards in this Set
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carrying capacity
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the maximum biomass that can be sustained by a given territory
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sustainable dev
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use resources so as to leave equivalent resources for future generations
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tragedy of the commons
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-rationally self-interested behavior may have a destructive collective impact
-overgrazing on the village green |
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demography
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the study of pop changes their sources and impacts
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replacement level fertility
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one couple replaces themselves with two children so oop will remain stable (2.1)
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demographic transition model
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-high death and birht rates replace by low death and decling birth
-eg europe and NA -shift from agrarian to industrial -south-high br, low dr, minimal modernization |
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multilateral aid
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assistance provided through more than two states or other international actors for the purpose of collective action to combat perceived problems
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International Conf at Cairo and Johannesburg
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-stabalize pop growth to sust. dev,
-family planning -prevent HIV -women's health needs -advance women's rights -increase male role in fam |
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neo-malthus
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pessimist, food is runnign out
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cornucopians
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opt, technology will save us
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food security
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access by all people at all times to enough food for a healthy life
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politics of scarcity
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scarce resourses can undermine security and lead to military conflict
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environmental sec.
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env. threats as imp as military ones
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epistemic community
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a group of experts from around the world who, baed on their knowledge develope a shared undertanding of a problem on the global agenda and a set of preferences for responding to it
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OPEC
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-cartle that sets prod quotas/prices
-monopoly power -high oil prices lower economic growth |
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enclosure movement
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the claiming of common properties by states of private interests
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