KEY TERMS

Question 1

define sustainable development

Answer 1

development which meets the needs of the present without comprimising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Question 2

define sustainability

Answer 2

supporting and conserving the environment and biodiversity

Question 3

define development

Answer 3

economic and social development

Question 4

define ecological modernisation

Answer 4

capitalism can be made more environmentally friendly by the reform of existing economic, social and political institutions so that the opposing goals of economic growth and environmental protection can be reconciled by greener industrialisation

Question 5

define green growth (carter)

Answer 5

economic growth that is environmentally sustainable

Question 6

define dematerialisation (carter)

Answer 6

for each unit of output progressively fewer environmental resources will be used in its production

Question 7

define decoupling (carter)

Answer 7

improvements in income and living standards become decreasingly dependent on the input of natural resources and result in less environmental degradation

Question 8

define externalities (de sombre)

Answer 8

unintended, unpriced, consequences of doing something unintended… the cost of these effects are not factored into the price we pay leading to market failure

Question 9

define DSP

Answer 9

humans are superior to all other species, the earth provides unlimited resources for humans, and that progress is an inherent part of human history

Question 10

define social movement

Answer 10

a collective actor seeking fundamental social change and working outside the system