GEOG 130 Final Exam Flashcards
(46 cards)
resource curse
countries that are dependent on primary commodities are at risk of political instability and conflict
abundant resource wars
risk of greed driven conflict and loot used to purchase military equipment
social construction of resources
resources made through human needs, desires, and practices
EG diamonds are forever!
dutch disease
great export revenues discourage investment in other economic sectors
resource rents
high profits from a single resource often lead to corruption and lack of state accountability
windfall rents
unexpected profits
spoil politics
patronage system rewarding political supporters and continuing self enrichment
resource lootability
extraction resources with easy access to rebels and government
point resources vs diffuse resources
the greater the distance of resource from control the higher the cost of control
fragmentation
distribution of people and economy in safest areas
peripheralization
trans border trade replacing increasingly risky internal trade
production of territories/succession
production of de facto soveriegn territories
South Sudan
sobels
soldiers by day rebels by night
glocal political economies
local patterns of resource exploitation to global markets
non liberal inclusion
inclusion in global market through shadow activities
EG trafficking
bad governance
weak or failed states caused by exclusion and criminalization
parrot’s beak
an area of high diamond conflict in africa
coltan and cossiterite
minerals mined in africa and used in electronics
sixth wave of extinction
human caused
genetic bottleneck
lack of genetic diversity in a subpopulation
minimum viable population
number of organisms necessary to continue diversity in a sub-population
habitat fragmentation
large ecosystems broken into smaller habitat
biodiversity hotspots
biological environments home to diverse organisms - many of which endemic
buffer zones
zones around protected areas where some human use is allowed
