General

Question 1

Why may there be lower environmental quality in developing countries

Answer 1

There is less environmental regulation, therefore international companies may come in and damage the countries. Also there is a focus on short term survival of individuals rather than the environment

Question 2

What did Potter et al (2012) argue

Answer 2

that subsistence farming tended to be environmentally sustainable. The GR then spread across parts of the global south in the 60s onwards which had large environmental impacts.

Question 3

Who argued that subsistence farming tended to be environmentally sustainable. The GR then spread across parts of the global south in the 60s onwards which had large environmental impacts.

Answer 3

Potter et al (2012)

Question 4

Ramphal (1992)

Answer 4

Ramphal (1992) stated that poor people often have to destroy their own environment, not because they are ignorant but because they need to survive. As a result they over use resources.

Question 5

Who stated that the poor often have to destroy their own environment to survive

Answer 5

Ramphal (1992)

Question 6

Holmberg and Thompson (1991)

Answer 6

Poor people manage their environments in more sustainable ways, and that poverty actually limits their impact on the environment. Instead they argue that wealth can lead to environmental degradation

Question 7

Who argued that poor people manage their environments in more sustainable ways

Answer 7

Holmberg and Thompson (1991)