(par 11.2.2 ) Sociological Perspectives on Population and the Environment
Sociological Perspectives on Population and the Environment https://open.lib.umn.edu/socialproblems/chapter/15-1-sociological-perspectives-on-population-and-the-environment/ Learning Objective Understand the perspectives that functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism offer on population and the environment. As usual, the major sociological perspectives offer insights that help us understand issues relating to population growth and to the environment. Table 15.1 “Theory Snapshot” summarizes their assumptions. Table 15.1 Theory Snapshot […]
(par 11.2.2 ) Ethical perspectives on the environmental impact of property development
Ethical perspectives on the environmental impact of property development http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0259-94222016000300025 By A. Sentle Mokori; Chris E. Cloete Department of Construction Economics, University of Pretoria, South Africa ABSTRACT Three perspectives that can be found in ethical decision-making are explored to suggest guidelines for ethical property development: the instrumental, the intrinsic and the pluralist perspective. Given […]
(par 11.2.2 ) A Goddess of the Earth – The Debate over the Gaia Hypothesis
A Goddess of the Earth?The Debate over the Gaia Hypothesis https://globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/Gaia/ All materials © the Regents of the University of Michigan unless noted otherwise.Updated 9/30/2017 “The Gaia hypothesis says that the temperature, oxidation state, acidity, and certain aspects of the rocks and waters are kept constant, and that this homeostasis is maintained by active feedback […]