Week 11 - ENV 120 - Environmental Sciences II - LibGuides at Hostos Community College Library

Economics and Urbanization

Reading

Chapter 22: Cultural and Aesthetic Considerations
In attempts to develop a better measure of the quality of life of a region, separate sets of economic, environmental and social indicators have been devised. The reasoning of this is that it is better to consider several separate indicators, rather than try to create a single, catch-all index.

The Overpopulation Bet

Overpopulation – The Human Explosion Explained

The infamous overpopulation bet: Simon vs. Ehrlich - Soraya Field Fiorio

Julian Simon on Resources, Growth and Human Progress

Additional Materials

Urbanization: A Problem for the Rich and the Poor?
Recent studies have shown that urban settings can also lead to significant inequalities and
health problems. This paper is concerned with the adverse impact of urbanization on
both developed and developing nations and both wealthy and poor populations within
those nations, addressing issues associated with public health problems in urban areas.

City and Urban Vulnerability in the context of urban environmental management

Along with the benefits of urbanization and agglomeration come environment and social ills, including lack of access to drinking water and sanitation, pollution and carbon emissions etc. It is, in fact, a two way street - while cities and urban areas are directly or indirectly causing global environmental problems, climate change has impacts that are being felt at the micro and urban levels.

Sustainable Tourism Gateway

The Sustainable Tourism Gateway was set up in order to develop awareness and educate on issues related to sustainable tourism; to assist in policy and programme development; and to facilitate monitoring and evaluation.

Ecotourism case study available on Blackboard

Slow Fashion materials available here

Urbanization Problem: World Population Growth

Mapping global population and the future of the world

United Nations: World Population Expected To Hit 8 Billion By November 2022

Attributions

Chapter 22: Cultural and Aesthetic Considerations
Source: AP Environmental Science by University of California, University of California College Prep
License: CC BY 2.0

City and Urban Vulnerability
Source: Hari Srinivas for GDRC
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

Urbanization: A problem for the rich and the poor?
Source: Public Health Reviews 41 (January 2020) DOI:10.1186/s40985-019-0116-0
License: CC BY

Sustainable Tourism Gateway
Source: THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTER (GDRC), contact Hari Srinivas at hsrinivas@gdrc.org

Mapping global population and the future of the world
Source: The Economist on YouTube