Question 1

Overexploitation driven by individual gain will eventually result in the improvement of the common resource.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The quality of environment in the developed world is dependent on the exporting of pollution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

How is the collective action problem stated?

Accepted Answer

A)  Collectively, individuals can achieve more benefits 
B)  Individually the community can achieve more benefits 
C)  Benefits are impossible for everyone 
D)  Benefit from an action and the related cost make it impossible for communities to tackle the problem of development 
E)  Multiple individuals benefit from an action, but the related cost makes it impossible for anyone to tackle the problem itself 
A)  Collectively, individuals can achieve more benefits 
B)  Individually the community can achieve more benefits 
C)  Benefits are impossible for everyone 
D)  Benefit from an action and the related cost make it impossible for communities to tackle the problem of development 
E)  Multiple individuals benefit from an action, but the related cost makes it impossible for anyone to tackle the problem itself

Question 4

The global community has adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to perhaps mark a clear acknowledgement of the environment and development connection.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What are two of the main theories that shape international environmental and development policies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Development theory and the EKC 
B)  Modernization EKC 
C)  Modernization theory and the ONGs 
D)  Modernization theory alone 
E)  Modernization theory and the EKC 
A)  Development theory and the EKC 
B)  Modernization EKC 
C)  Modernization theory and the ONGs 
D)  Modernization theory alone 
E)  Modernization theory and the EKC

Question 6

Why is the book Silent Spring considered a watershed in environmental policy?

Accepted Answer

The publication of Silent Spring by Rach

Question 7

The World Bank has stated "it is ethically and politically unacceptable to deny the world's poor the opportunity to ascend the income ladder simply because the rich reached the top first." Discuss

Accepted Answer

Such observations form the foundation of

Question 8

What is the significance of the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment?

Accepted Answer

The United Nations organized the United

Question 9

The concept of global sustainable development was adopted as the guiding principle of economic and international development without considering environmental degradation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which hypothesis argues that environmental degradation will increase with development and then decrease as average income hits specific levels?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Law of Comparative Advantage 
B)  The Invisible Hand Hypothesis 
C)  The Environmental Kuznets Curve 
D)  The V Curve 
E)  The Law of Diminishing Returns 
A)  The Law of Comparative Advantage 
B)  The Invisible Hand Hypothesis 
C)  The Environmental Kuznets Curve 
D)  The V Curve 
E)  The Law of Diminishing Returns

Question 11

Human impact on the environment can be measured by the equation I = PAT.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The inability of China to access Western technology has arguably increased its environmental problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following is a market-based approach to addressing climate change?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Common but Differentiated Responsibility and Capability principle 
B)  The Clean Development Mechanism 
C)  The Global Carbon Trading Market 
D)  The Green Incentive Program 
E)  The Shanghai Cooperative 
A)  The Common but Differentiated Responsibility and Capability principle 
B)  The Clean Development Mechanism 
C)  The Global Carbon Trading Market 
D)  The Green Incentive Program 
E)  The Shanghai Cooperative

Question 14

What is the essential paradox of the environmental-development nexus?

Accepted Answer

A)  Economic development increases human well-being while undermining it via environmental harm. 
B)  Economic development decreases human well-being while bolstering it via environmental benefit. 
C)  Economic development is correlated to strengthened environmental regimes. 
D)  Environmental protection generates more human well-being than economic development. 
E)  Environmental degradation is a potential economic opportunity for states in the Global South. 
A)  Economic development increases human well-being while undermining it via environmental harm. 
B)  Economic development decreases human well-being while bolstering it via environmental benefit. 
C)  Economic development is correlated to strengthened environmental regimes. 
D)  Environmental protection generates more human well-being than economic development. 
E)  Environmental degradation is a potential economic opportunity for states in the Global South.

Question 15

Climate change will disproportionately impact the world's poor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Global assessments reveal a drastic decrease in world biodiversity, extinction of many species, pollution of various types of ecosystems, and decrease in levels of happiness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

How is China a crucial example of both the possibility and danger of GDP-defined development?

Accepted Answer

China has experienced rapid economic gro

Question 18

In terms of values, what is modernization theory said to promote?

Accepted Answer

A)  Environmental equilibrium 
B)  A sustainable scale of environmental resource exploitation and consumerism 
C)  Better green consumerism 
D)  An unsustainable scale of environmental resource exploitation and consumerism 
E)  A green deal 
A)  Environmental equilibrium 
B)  A sustainable scale of environmental resource exploitation and consumerism 
C)  Better green consumerism 
D)  An unsustainable scale of environmental resource exploitation and consumerism 
E)  A green deal

Question 19

The relationship between climate change and international development is a "zero sum" game.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What defines sustainability in the broadest sense?

Accepted Answer

In its broadest sense, sustainability me

Exam 18: Climate Change, Environment, and Development

Overexploitation driven by individual gain will eventually result in the improvement of the common resource.

The quality of environment in the developed world is dependent on the exporting of pollution.

How is the collective action problem stated?

The global community has adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to perhaps mark a clear acknowledgement of the environment and development connection.

What are two of the main theories that shape international environmental and development policies?

Why is the book Silent Spring considered a watershed in environmental policy?

The World Bank has stated "it is ethically and politically unacceptable to deny the world's poor the opportunity to ascend the income ladder simply because the rich reached the top first." Discuss

What is the significance of the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment?

The concept of global sustainable development was adopted as the guiding principle of economic and international development without considering environmental degradation.

Which hypothesis argues that environmental degradation will increase with development and then decrease as average income hits specific levels?

Human impact on the environment can be measured by the equation I = PAT.

The inability of China to access Western technology has arguably increased its environmental problems.

Which of the following is a market-based approach to addressing climate change?

What is the essential paradox of the environmental-development nexus?

Climate change will disproportionately impact the world's poor.

Global assessments reveal a drastic decrease in world biodiversity, extinction of many species, pollution of various types of ecosystems, and decrease in levels of happiness.

How is China a crucial example of both the possibility and danger of GDP-defined development?

In terms of values, what is modernization theory said to promote?

The relationship between climate change and international development is a "zero sum" game.

What defines sustainability in the broadest sense?

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Theories of Development Economics

The Critical Political Economy of Development

Post-development and Alternatives to Development

Gender and Development: Theoretical Insights and International Commitments

Globalization and Development

State of the State: Does the State Have a Role in Development?

National Development Agencies and Bilateral Aid

The International Financial Institutions

The United Nations and Multilateral Actors in Development

Private Enterprise and Development

Civil Society and Development

China and the Emerging Economies

Debt and Development

Free Trade, Fair Trade, and South-South Trade

Democracy

Rural Development

Urban Development: Cities in the Global South

Development and Health

Conflict and Development

Refugees and International Development Policy and Practice

Indigenous Community Economic Resilience

Culture and Development

Measuring and Evaluating Poverty

Inequality and Social Policy

Planning and Appraising Development Projects

Humanitarian Assistance and Intervention

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