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Health and Global Resources
Finals Study
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Health Care
Undergraduate 2
12/07/2011

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4 Environmental Stress Factors
Definition
1. Fuel and water pollution
2. infrastructure
3. Urban sprawl-->destroy habitat
4. Limited amount of arable or growing land
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Global water Reservoirs
Definition
ocean
glacier
ground water
surface water
soil
clouds
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Most Human consumption of water
Definition
1. agriculture (biggest) because it is not able to control water evaporation
2. energy
3. sanitation/hygiene
4. consumption
5. manufacturing
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Amount of water and fresh water on earth
Definition
70% water
2.5% fresh water
Term
Water usage in agriculture: biggest consumer, smallest consumer, and as countries westernize diet...
Definition
Biggest consumer=animal product
Smallest consumer=starches
increase in meat production=increase in water-->demand of water increases with diet NOT population
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Methods to increase access to water
Definition
1.increase in water efficiency
2.produce electricity without water
3.rethink water usage in agriculture
4.toilet efficiency
Term
Monoculture
Definition
lack of plant diversity, no variation
Term
polyculture
Definition
diversified crops and polyculture interbreeds individual plant lines to incorporate variation in the genetic line. This variance ensures that at least some portion of the plant population would survive in adverse conditions like drought, wheat rust, or other plant diseases. Monocultured lines do not have this variation because they are not interbred. Polyculture crops are more beneficial because they are less likely to be eliminated entirely by resistant fungus or bacteria.
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R/P ratio (reserve/production ratio)
Definition
ratio of how much total we have remaining of a certain resource over the rate at which we use that resource. As R/P decreases prices, resources will increase.
Term
HANPP: Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production
Definition
indicator that reflects both amount of area used by humans and intensity of land use
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Total Fertility Rate
Definition
average number of children that a woman has in a country or region. The stable rate is 2.1. Anything below this rate means that the population is decreasing
Term
Vicious Cycle of poverty, economic degradation, and limited resources
Definition
Can decrease poverty by having more educated people so they can learn about how to not be wasteful, how to be resourceful and how to contribute back to society. If a person can pull themselves out of poverty, then they are able to afford more resources, etc.
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Amount of arable land
Definition
30%: not equal distribution of arable land-->leads to issues with availability and food security
Term
Green Revolution
Definition
It was a series of increase in the in: Agricultural research, Global and Agricultural Development & The transfer of Modern Agriculture and Technologies and Methods
Term
Green Revolution
Definition
Address issues of famine and food availability
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