Environmental Issues and Public Policy
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Course Introduction
This course explores the complex relationship between environmental issues and public policy, examining how governments, institutions, and communities respond to contemporary environmental challenges such as climate change, pollution, resource depletion, and biodiversity loss. Students will analyze policy development processes at the local, national, and international levels, considering the roles of scientific evidence, economic factors, ethical considerations, and stakeholder interests. Through case studies and critical discussions, the course encourages a deeper understanding of how effective policy can promote sustainable practices and address pressing environmental concerns in a rapidly changing world.
Recommended Textbook Environment and Society 5th Edition by Charles
L. Harper
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Chapter 1: Environment, human Systems, and Social Science
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Q1) While the Dominant Western Worldview affects developed,industrialized societies,it has little impact on the less developed nations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Emissions trading schemes have not had much impact on producers of pollution in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) _________ are both structural and cultural,and address human concerns related to collective survival.
A)Statuses
B)Roles
C)Social institutions
D)Paradigms
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Humans and the Resources of the Earth:
Sources and Sinks
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Q1) Which of the following is true of chemical pollution?
A)DDT is currently used on most American croplands.
B)Organophosphates are not as toxic as previously-used herbicides.
C)The World Health Organization estimates that 20,000 agricultural workers die each year from pesticide exposure.
D)None of the above are true.
Answer: C
Q2) _________ is the most publicized solution to reduce the solid waste stream.
A)Incineration
B)Reuse
C)Recycling
D)Salinization
Answer: C
Q3) Soil contains which of the following?
A)microbes
B)organic materials
C)inorganic materials
D)a,b,and c
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Climate Change, science, and Risk
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Q1) The notion that well-functioning markets not hampered by excessive regulations will address climate change problems is an example of a "paradigmatic frame."
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Most scientific knowledge about greenhouse gases in maintaining the earth's temperature is relatively new.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Which of the following best illustrates mitigation as a strategy to reduce global warming?
A)attempt to assess the economic value of the biosphere for future investors
B)double the fuel economy of two billion cars
C)implement sunlight screening to reflect income sunlight
D)a and c
E)b and c
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Energy and Society
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Q1) Which of the following are barriers to creating a new energy system?
A)sunk costs in the current system
B)fewer tax breaks and subsidies for renewable energies than for fossil fuels
C)an issue-attention cycle
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
Q2) Oil reserves under Alaska's North Slope would meet world demand for only six months at present rates of consumption.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is not one of the four interacting dimensions of our energy predicament?
A)energy resource supplies
B)population and economic growth
C)efficient advocacy
D)sink problems having to do with energy by-products
Q4) Compare and contrast high and low energy societies.Be sure to address how energy consumption relates to both economic development and environmental issues.
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Chapter 5: Population, environment, and Food
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Q1) Which of the following supports I & PE explanations of hunger?
A)World markets are rapidly "spreading the wealth" among the LDCs.
B)World markets have substantially improved job prospects for small producers and workers.
C)Investments in modern productive technologies can amplify hunger by putting people out of work.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
Q2) Because of its extensive wealth and intensive agricultural practices,hunger is not considered a problem for the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Identify and discuss at least TWO perspectives on world hunger.Is there a way to reconcile the perspectives you discuss? If so,how? If not,why not?
Q4) Ancient cities like Rome had lower fertility and higher mortality rates than did the rural countryside.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Globalization, inequality, and Sustainability
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Q1) Compare and contrast the LG and EM approaches to the environment.Which is more compelling,and why?
Q2) Research on the link between wealth and happiness has found that:
A)money cannot buy happiness.
B)across the board,if a person's income is doubled,then so is their subjective well-being.
C)in the MDCs,absolute income is the best predictor of subjective well-being.
D)MDC countries with smaller income gaps have higher levels of subjective well-being than countries with large gaps.
Q3) Global inequality can be graphically illustrated by the _________ of world wealth distribution.
A)pyramid
B)ladder
C)hourglass
D)champagne glass
Q4) The Club of Rome coined the term:
A)"limits to growth."
B)"ecological modernization."
C)"green imperialism."
D)"ecoterrorism."
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Chapter 7: Transforming Structures: Markets and Politics
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Q1) Environmental policy in Great Britain,Japan,and France is decentralized and administered primarily at the regional level.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Technological and behavioral "fixes" can be either regulatory or nonregulatory.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Rational choice theory suggests that which of the following would be most effective at reshaping consumer behavior to benefit the environment?
A)a series of tit-for-tat exchanges so that consumers can develop trust in social structures
B)an economy based on the Soviet Union's
C)persuasive appeals based on shame and guilt
D)policies that encourage free riding
Q4) In general,private property resources are more likely than common property resources to be used sustainably.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Environmentalism: Ideology and Collective Action
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Q1) Compare and contrast environmentalism in LDCs with that in MDCs.
Q2) To date,all studies have found high correlations between environmental hazards and the concentrations of minorities.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following best illustrates a direct action tactic that might be used by a grassroots movement organization?
A)holding a sit-in
B)lobbying
C)electoral efforts
D)research
Q4) Describe the history of countermovements (anti-environmentalism) in the U.S.
Q5) Retail industries are less likely to support anti-environmental movements than capital-intensive industries.
A)True B)False
Q6) Most deep ecologists advocate ecoterroristic action strategies for change.
A)True
B)False
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