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Sustainable Development
It refers to economic development that is conducted without depletion of natural resources, ensuring environmental preservation for future generations.
Carrying Capacity
The maximum population size of a biological species that can be sustained by a particular environment, given the food, habitat, water, and other necessities available in the environment.
The Tragedy of the Commons
A situation in a shared-resource system where individual users, acting independently according to their own self-interest, deplete or spoil that resource through their collective action.
Ecological Modernization
The theory that economies can continue to grow while reducing their environmental impact through the implementation of new technologies and regulatory frameworks.
Environmental Racism
The disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on people of color, often resulting from policies and practices that discriminate against communities based on race or color.
Environmental Determinism
The study of how the physical environment predisposes societies and states towards particular development trajectories, often discounting human agency.
Risk Society
Describes a society increasingly preoccupied with the future, which generates risk as a result of modernization and technological development, with implications for social organization and environmental policy.
Anthropocene
A proposed geological epoch that begins when human activities started to have a significant global impact on Earth's geology and ecosystems.
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