Exam 6: Planning and Management Perspectives

The ecosystem approach was first developed in the 1980s.

Many governments have backed away from commitment to environmental issues in favour of ________.

One standard model should be followed in most environmental planning and management situations.

Public agencies often prefer a standardized approach to environmental management because ________.

Many Indigenous peoples understood their connectedness to the rest of the ecosystem.

The "fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, colour, national origin, or income" with respect to "environmental laws, regulations and policies" is called ________.

A 1982 protest in ___________ triggered the concept of environmental justice.

The defining features of neo-liberalism do NOT include ________.

Airborne and waterborne pollutants ________.

In Canada, jurisdiction over environmental management is well-defined with little overlap between agencies.

A set of moral principles or values that guide actions and decisions is called ________.

There is no overlap between ecocentric and technocentric values.

Planning and management can be most dramatically affected by _______.

Why has the standardized approach to problem solving been so commonly used by public agencies?

Downloading responsibilities for environmental protection to lower-level governments would be a good choice if those ________.

Canadian society often takes the short-term approach to environmental management because ________.

According to the anthropocentric perspective ________.

When managing environmental services, many national and state governments do not download responsibilities to lower levels of government, commercialize such services, or privatize these services.

The ecosystem approach ________.

Context is important when attempting to solve an environmental problem because ________ vary over space and time.