Exam 56: Sociological Perspectives on the Environment

Which of the following describes an impact of globalization on the environment?

The Exxon Valdez incident in 1989 illustrates the nature of

The industrialized nations of North America and Europe account for only 12 percent of the world's population but are responsible for what percentage of the world's consumption?

The acronym NIMBY stands for

Erin Brockovich,a movie that features Julia Roberts,examines a true-life event that revolved around environmental pollution in a working-class community by a major utility corporation that was apparently unconcerned about the long-term effects of the pollution on community residents.This movie illustrates which sociological concept?

Which group makes up 43% of the people in the U.S.who live within one mile of dangerous waste treatment,storage,and disposal facilities?

To date,191 countries-not including the U.S.-are party to which agreement intended to reduce global emissions of heat-trapped gases?

What approach to the environment focuses on the alignment of environmentally favorable practices with economic self-interest through constant adaptation and restructuring?

Which area of study is concerned with the interrelationships among people in their spatial setting and physical environment?

Which of the following most specifically describes the significant rise in the earth's surface temperature as a result of industrial gases?

What reason do skeptics of conflict-based explanations give for why 43 percent of the people who live within 1 mile of hazardous waste treatment facilities in the U.S.do so?

Contributing to our environmental problems is that we as consumers want inexpensive clothes and toys;yet we as citizens condemn developing countries for depending on coal-fired power plants.

Which of the following shows how a growing share of the human and natural resources of developing countries is being redistributed to the core industrialized nations?

Which critic of environmental policies notes that capitalist societies have increasing demands for products,for obtaining natural resources at minimal costs,and for manufacturing products as quickly and cheaply as possible-no matter what the long-term environmental consequences will be?

Describe the human ecological,conflict,ecological modernization,and environmental justice approaches to the environment.What perspective do you find the most convincing? Why?

Environmental justice is a legal strategy based on claims that racial minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards.

A legal strategy based on claims that racial minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards is referred to as

Climate change is not a recent phenomenon;it occurred well before humans walked on the earth.

What role do you feel globalization plays in our current environmental problems? Discuss the positive and negative attributes globalization brings to the issue of pollution.Finally,construct a contemporary plan for addressing environmental pollution that includes economic,cultural,and ecological concerns.

Who among the following suggested a capitalist system creates a "treadmill of production" because of its inherent need to build ever-expanding profits?