Exam 20: Collective Behaviour

When considering global environmental inequality,what is a primary focus of environmental sociologists?

Roughly how many people are predicted to live on Earth by 2040?

What is environmental sociology most concerned with?

Climate change may cause up to half the world's population to experience severe food shortages.

Which theories are likely to identify environmental exploitation as one of a number of types of oppressions?

Which concept best reflects the capacity of human society to sustain itself without destroying the environment that supports humans?

Which perspectives question why societies allow practices that destroy natural environments?

Black community leaders in Los Angeles explained how roadway development initiatives disrupted their communities by displacing members and increasing air pollution.What concept best explains this occurrence?

Which theories would note that the tragedies in Bhopal,India,and Grassy Narrows,Ontario,were poorly addressed because they affected marginalized communities?

Interactionist theories may have the unintended consequence of suggesting environmental threats are not serious.

According to the text,which country faces some of the greatest and most comprehensive environmental challenges in the world?

Canada makes up less than one percent of the world's population.Where does it stand in its responsibility for damage to the environment?

Indigenous communities in Canada are likely to have worse health effects due to the consequences of environmental racism

According to Dunlap and Catton,one key ecosystem function is to absorb human wastes.

Which theories are likely to recommend using laws and changes to government policy as ways to address environmental problems?

According to Hannigan,which step is necessary for successfully constructing an environmental problem?

Animal protection laws are regularly contested by animal-using organizations and industries.

Which statement represents a valid critique of ecological modernization theories?

Most studies suggests that increased accumulation of goods has resulted in steadily rising levels of happiness.

Climate change has only a marginal impact on human mortality.