Understanding the Anthropocene: Promise, Pitfalls, and Environmental Justice
1. What is the Anthropocene? NIXON 2014 The Anthropocene: The Promise and Pitfalls of an Epochal Idea
Nixon details the Anthropocene: Advanced by Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen and ecologist Eugene Stoermer in 2000.
- They argued that the Holocene was history: the Earth had entered a new, unprecedented geological epoch, triggered by human actions.
- We have decisively altered the carbon cycle, the nitrogen cycle and the rate of extinction.
People that believe Anthropocene is a potentially
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Chapter 5 — Community
On tech addiction and how it is compromising genuine human connection and community, Harari makes the point that it is easier than ever to talk to his cousin in Switzerland but it is harder to talk to his husband over breakfast because he constantly looks at his smartphone instead of at him.
Chapter 6 — Civilization
10,000 years ago, humankind was divided into countless isolated tribes where we knew no more than a few dozen people. With each passing millennium, these tribes
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Weather refers to the general condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place on a day-to-day basis. One good example is today is sunny, but later this afternoon it rained. Then, it is very windy this evening. So, weather is changing day to day or even hour to hour.
- Latitude
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Module 3 – Globalization
Globalizationà Rapid expansion of free market capitalism among the nations and states and acceleration of cross border transaction facilitated by the recent technology development.
Five stages of globalization
-Globalization of markets à merging of traditionally distinct and separate national markets protected by the national barriers into one huge global marketplace. Elimination of barriers for trade.
-Resources and production à development of global production. Sourcing
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Airport Planning/Design
ATC, Airside facility design, capacity, length requirements, environmental effects
In Canada airports were recently privatized in 1994 with the National Airport Policy (NAP) in an effort to make airports more self-sufficient as air travel demand increases
Airports classified into 5 types, National (>200k passengers/yr), Regional/Local (<200k passengers/yr), Small (Recreational), Arctic, and Remote
To design airside facilities, consider:
Future travel demand (Usually designed
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AGRARIAN SPACE: It is the land where agrarian activities are undertaken.
RURAL SPACE: It refers to the non-urban areas that are used for agrarian activities, amongst many other activities.
AGRICULTURE: It is concerned with cultivating the soil and growing crops in order to obtain food and raw materials. It includes the preparation of plant products for people to use and their distribution to markets.
LIVESTOCK FARMING: It is concerned with domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce
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