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Agricultural Revolution Flashcards

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Agricultural revolution

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Begin in 18 th century in braitin

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Causes of agricultural revolution

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Neolithic agricultural revolution: shift in climate change better conditions for agricultural cultivation
2nd agricultural revolution: series of reforms new inventions
3rd green revolution: effective fertilizers and pesticides.

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Industrial revolution

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Started in 18th 19th century.

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Causes of industrial revolution

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New technologies
Access to resources
Political stability
Population growth

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Impacts. Of industrial revolution ( positive)

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Advancement in communication
Improved Stannards of living.
Empowerment of women

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Negative impacts of industrial revolution

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Urbanisation
Explosion of workes environmental degradation.

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United nations conference on environmental change

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First conference
Declaration: safeguards natural resources
Pollution control
Assistance to developing countries

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Impact of United nations conference

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Eu creation
Led to Kyoto protocol formation.
Creation of United nations environmental program.

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Rio summit ( earth summit)

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Held in Rio the jenero alternative name earth summit.
Rio conference

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Principles of Rio declaration

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State should not cause damage to environment
Cooperation for eradacting poverty
Cooperation between states in the spirit of global cooperation
Economic cooperation
Discourage or prevent environmental degradation.
Women participation.

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World summit on sustainable development

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Main goals people planet, prosperity, links between environment , poverty and development.

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Mellinnium development goals

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Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Universal education
Gender equality
Reduce child mortality rate
Combat disease hiv, maleria,
Ensure environmental sustainability
Global partnership for development.

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Sustainable development

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Gender equality
Poverty eradication
Universal education
Environmental sustainability
Affordable energy
Partnership for good
Peace and justice
Economic growth.

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Population growth

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Population that is growing in size over time, due to factors such as child mortality and birth rate.

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Environmental implications of over population

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Food supply distrbance
Water
Climate change
Biodiversity loss
Increase in generation of waste
Urbanisation and degradation ( Pakistan steps to overcome over population) national population policy 2010

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Causes of over population

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Lack of family planning
Urbanisation
Increase birth rate
Cultural and religious beliefs.

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Poverty

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Poverty can be defined as lack of choices. ( Amartya Sen)
The condition of not having enough money or possession to live a comfortable life.

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Causes of poverty

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According to the book the end of poverty.
Causes of poverty. Lack of education, healthcare, Infrastructure, corruption, climate change, economic policies.

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Biodiversity loss

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Oxford dictionary: gradual reduction in the variety of species living on earth caused by human activities.

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Importance of biodiversity

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Medicine
Environment
Balance the ecosystem
Regulating services
Supporting services.

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Causes of biodiversity loss and examples of Pakistan biodiversity species Loss

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Alterations and loss of the habitat
Pollution
Climate change
Over exploitation of resources
Environmental degradation.
Urbanisation
War .
Examples: polar bear, snow leopard

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Energy security

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International energy agency: uninterrupted availability of energy sources at an affordable price.

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Major challenges at present

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Major challenge at present.
Conversations of energy shortage

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Sustainable energy system

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Geothermal,
Solar, energy by windmill, hydroelectric source, biogas, hydrogen energy, hybrid and stand alone system.

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Urbanisation

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General increase in the population of cities or urban population. Cambridge dictionary

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Causes of urbanisation

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Industrialization
Economic opportunities
Migration
Government policies
Improved infrastructure

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Effects of urbanisation

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Uncontrolled physical expansion
Generation of solid waste
Pollution
Environmental degradation

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Urban heat island

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An urban area that is significantly warmer than its surrounds rural areas. Oxford dictionary

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Causes of urban heat waves

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Changes in air
Change in land cover
Land pollution

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Ways to counter urban heat waves

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Increasing vegetation
Cool roofs
Sustainable transportation

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Sustainable cities

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A city that is designed with consideration for environmental impacts responsible use of resources and Quality of life for its inhabitants. Merriam Webster

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Three scientific principles of sustainability

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Use of rewnable energy resources
Dependence on recycled water
Principles of 3r

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Strategies for sustainable cities

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Eco industrial parks
Zero energy building
Sustainable transport system
Urban farming
Sustainable drainage
Public harvesting
Clean and Green Pakistan 2018

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Carrying capacity

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The number of living organisms or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation.
Oxford dictionary

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Factors affecting carrying capacity

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Biological: birth rate increase and life dependency
Physical factors: Availability of food, fresh water resources, deforestation, climate change,
Technological advancement: industrial revolution.

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Food security a global issue

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The state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutrients, food. Merriam Webster.

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Causes of food insecurity

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Poverty,
Food shortage,war conflict, climate change, economy, migration, food waste, population explosion, poor agricultural cultivation

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Recommendations to achieve food security

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Declare hunger as a national security issue, strengthen food security, improve agricultural cultivation, ( national food security policy 2018

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Sustainable agriculture

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The FAO : sustainable agriculture as a way of growing food and other products without degrading natural resources such as soil, water and biodiversity….

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Hindrance in the way of sustainable agriculture

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Lack of access to resources and technology
Water scarcity
Soil degradation
Lack awareness
Climate change

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Ways to promote sustainable agriculture

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Adapting agrecological practices
Supporting small scale business farmers
Reducing food resources
Investing in research

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Ecological footprint

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Cambridge dictionary
The amount of land, water, and other natural resources that are used to produce the good and services needed to support a particular Lifestyle.

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Components of ecological footprint

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Measuring the amount of green house gases
Grazing footprint
Water foot print

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Components of ecological footprint

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Biologically productive land
Biocapcity

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Benefits of ecological footprint

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Tracks current human demand on nature
The footprint and biocapcity results

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Ecological restoration

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The process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded damaged or destroyed

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Theoretical foundation of restoration of ecology

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Distrbance: change in the environmental conditions
Resilience
Letting nature heal itself

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Reasons to restore ecosystem

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Saving biodiversity and human

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