Carrying Capacity’s New Guise – Lisa Cligett Folk Models for Public Debate and Longitudinal Study of Environmental Change In Lisa Cliggett’s publication, she re-addresses the term “carrying capacity” due to its outdatedness. She uses Zambia’s Gwembe Valley as an example… Continue Reading
Economic Growth & The Environment – Theodore Panayotou On the same subject of environmental degradation being connected to thriving countries and economies, Panayotou brings a supporting approach with the use of an “Environmental Kuznet’s Curve”. The curve illustrates a growth… Continue Reading
Benefits of the Commons – Berkes On a much larger scale, the need for understanding and having a discussion regarding established environmental ideas like Hardin and Malthus’ “Tragedy of the Commons” is beneficial in understanding environmental decision making. The widely… Continue Reading
A View from a Point Ethnoecology as Situated Knowledge – Nazarea The scale broadens as we go back to one of the first articles read in class. Nazarea aims to assess how times have changed and how we no longer… Continue Reading
Addictive Economies and Coal Dependency – Perdue and Pavela Methods of Extraction and Socioeconomic Outcomes in West Virginia Section three in our textbook is a thorough dissection of the effects of development on the environment. The three main types of… Continue Reading