Deck 20: Sustainable Development

Question 1

Statistical estimations suggest that pollution peaks at what level of income per capita?

A) $5,000 to $8,000
B) $13,000 to $16,000
C) $21,000 to $24,000
D) $29,000 to $32,000

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The incremental cost of achieving a lower target in the amount of change in global temperature is a form of:

A) climate insurance.
B) atmosphere protection.
C) weather price.
D) global cooling fee.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The relationship between levels of pollution and levels of income generally follows an inverted-U shape and is commonly called the:

A) pollution-level Laffer curve.
B) environmental Kuznets curve.
C) sustainability Lorenz curve.
D) atmospheric Engel curve.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Common-pool resources,nonrenewable resource

Question 5

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Resource rent,depletion

Question 6

Which of the following is a function of forest income in rural livelihoods?

A) safety nets to help compensate production shortfalls
B) support for current consumption
C) a source of income growth
D) all of the above

Question 7

Public disclosure of information about a factory's environmental performance to local stake holders is an example of:

A) informal regulation.
B) formal regulation.
C) unofficial guidelines.
D) transparency parameters.

Question 8

The combination of produced capital,natural capital,and intangible capital make up which of the following terms?

A) complete wealth
B) total assets
C) comprehensive wealth
D) comprehensive resources

Question 9

Which of the following are characteristics of common-pool resources (CPRs)?

A) It is difficult to exclude anyone from using them.
B)
B) Use by one person reduces the availability of that resource for use by others.
C) CPRs cannot be governed or regulated.
D) Both a and

Question 10

Response to the potential threats from global climate change requires simultaneous action on which two fronts?

A) interception and adjustment
B) mitigation and adaptation
C) alleviation and treatment
D) easing and restoration

Question 11

Fragile environments of the world are largely populated by the world's:

A) rich.
B) poor.
C) industrialized population.
D) developed economies.

Question 12

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Present value,optimal target

Question 13

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Payments for environmental services (PES)programs,marketable permits

Question 14

Which British economist predicted that continued population growth would bring the world to disaster?

A) John Stuart Mill
B) David Ricardo
C) Adam Smith
D) Thomas Malthus

Question 15

Which organization declared the requirement that consumption by today's generation must be accompanied by sufficient conservation of resources to protect the future generation's ability to consume as well?

A) Brundtland Commission
B) The Club of Rome
C) Millennium Project
D) The Earth Institute

Question 16

As of 2006,which country overtook the United States as the world's leading source of carbon dioxide emissions?

A) India
B) China
C) Russia
D) Japan

Question 17

The socially optimal outcome is achieved when the owner of property rights is a(n)________ and sells output in a competitive market.

A) experienced manager
B) profit-maximizer
C) skilled land owner
D) wealthy investor

Question 18

Adjusted net saving is equal to gross saving minus both the depreciation of made capital and the depreciation of:

A) resource surpluses.
B) natural capital.
C) trade assets.
D) reserve capital.

Question 19

The ________ suggests that a sustainable development path for countries that depend on nonrenewable resources requires the rents from those resources to be continually invested rather than consumed.

A) Hartwick rule
B) Solow growth model
C) Malthus theory
D) Ricardo rule

Question 20

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Pollution,greenhouse gases

Question 21

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Marginal abatement cost,optimal pollution

Question 22

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Malthusian trap,neoclassical theory

Question 23

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Natural capital,intangible capital

Question 24

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Pollution,rich countries

Question 25

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions
These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.
Adjusted net saving,sustainable growth