Exam 14: Economics, Politics, Worldviews, and Sustainability

Incentive-based environmental regulation approaches uses market forces to encourage businesses to use innovation in reducing and preventing pollution.

The trickle-down theory describes how

Supporters of incentive based approaches to environmental regulation argue that the strategy

Neoclassical economists believe that a trickle-down economy

Gross domestic product (GDP)is a measure of the gross progress indicator (GPI)plus benefits not included in market transactions minus harmful environmental and social costs.

Within a sustainability revolution is found

The action that least reflects an ecocentric worldview is

The models of ecological economists focus on

Individuals influence and change government policies in constitutional democracies by

The precautionary principle is guided by the idea that we must make decisions that prevent a problem from occurring or worsening.

The earth's natural capital is a subset of human economic systems because there are no substitutes for most types of natural capital.

Federal Public land is owned by the government and citizens may purchase this land for private ownership directly from the government.

Individuals can ____________________ a corporation or business to protest or show disfavor of certain practices.

-From the figure above,how much is the combined expenditure per year needed to eliminate hunger and malnutrition,and restore fisheries? This amount is equal to the sum of which two U.S.expenditures in 2008?

Tradable rights have not been used among countries to help preserve biodiversity.

Briefly describe why environmental security is an important as military and economic security in government policy making.

Earth philosophers indicate that rootedness comes from developing a sense of

Selling the right to harvest timber up to a sustainable yield level would be an example of

A shift from a service-flow economy to a market-flow economy will provide profits while greatly reducing resource use and waste.

Three types of resources are used to produce goods and services.They are ____________________,____________________ and ____________________.